As a country‚ Americans love to shop. Whether in malls‚ grocery stores‚ on the Internet‚ or elsewhere‚ the culture of buying is deeply ingrained in American culture. Fueled largely by advertising and the current credit system‚ America’s consumer culture is depleting our planet’s finite natural resources and polluting our environment. Consumerism has instilled in Americans an artificial‚ ongoing‚ and insatiable desire for mass-produced and marketed products‚ and the money with which to buy them‚ with
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The ‘American dream’ is a term coined by James Truslow in his 1932 book Epic of America‚ but it is a concept as old as America itself: anything is possible if only the individual is willing to work hard. The dream draws immigrants to our shores and borders every year and keeps millions of Americans content in the idea that their toiling will pave the way to success for them and for their children. However‚ for every rags-to-riches story‚ there are thousands of other hard-working people who cannot
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Popular American Culture SOC/105 December 05‚ 2012 Popular American Culture Many people do not know what popular American culture is. Popular American culture surrounds everyday life. Some popular American culture influences the way many people live his or her lives day by day. According to Petracca and Sorapure (2007)‚ many say that popular American culture influence on society should be considered negative (p. 4-5). This conclusion is based on violence and sexual explicitness in movies
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I believe that consumer culture has had a negative effect on society. I believe this for many reasons‚ one of them being that Americans are‚ in a way‚ brainwashed into believing that we "need" something‚ or they have to look a certain way to fit in. advertising companies don’t just target adults‚ they also purposely target young children. They do this because they know that children’s brains are not fully developed and are very easily tricked into thinking that they need a certain toy or game to
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Happiness in Culture Every culture is unique and different‚ including what brings them joy and cheerfulness. Culture deeply impacts our views and expectations of happiness; everything from the traditions that are followed‚ to the clothes we wear‚ to the foods we eat‚ have an effect. (?) While‚ humans strive for happiness it is not always obviously shown or even the main goal of a specific culture. Unfortunately‚ not every country is able to be considered extremely happy like the Danes; who are
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TOPIC 34: "Write about one of your family’s Tet holiday. Describe it in detail‚ tell how you feel about it and what it means to you." 1. I graduated from college 3 years ago and now I’m working for a company in Hanoi. My hometown is Ha Tinh province; I was born in a poor village where people live mainly by agriculture. After graduation‚ I decided to stay in this city‚ earn money to support my family. I hadn’t come back home to celebrate Tet for 2 years because of the high cost‚ it was a difficult
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interested in individual buyers using business-to-consumer sites. We are also interested in examining shopping preferences based on various demographic categories that might exhibit distinct purchasing attitudes and behaviors for certain categories of products and services. We examine these behaviors in the context of both products and services. After a period of decline in recent months‚ online shopping is on the rise again. By some estimates‚ total U.S. spending on online sales increased to $5.7
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[pic] Contents: 1. Questionnaire Sample P.2~P.4 2. The result of questionnaire P.5~P.14 3. The analyze of questionnaire P.15 4. The 8 elements for programming P.15~P.18 5. Communication P.18~P.19 6. Evaluation P.19~P.20 [pic]Johnson & Johnson baby’s products Questionnaire Over the past hundred years‚ Johnson & Johnson always provide the safe and reliable baby-care products with parents‚ our company attaches the customer’s trust. Therefore‚ we are committed to
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As the Web site The United State Shopping Center Occupancy Rate‚ in 2014‚ almost 93 percent of shopping center occupancy were in the United States. Obviously‚ many shopping centers are opening to fulfill a huge demand of the customers. Although T.J.Maxx has confused arrangement‚ it is my favorite shopping place because it has good customer service‚ best prices‚ and it is convenient. T.J.Maxx has a confused arrangement because the products were arranged by size‚ not by style. This is difference to
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Automobile and American culture. The automobile is one of the most important inventions that changed the United States. Paving the way for a future dependency on the automobile. For example‚ Henry Ford Model-T is what truly brought the Automobile to the growing nation of America during the 1920s. The Automobile changed the daily lives of Americans‚ in both rural‚ suburban‚ and urban areas. The automobile provided a new means of transportation for people living in these areas to use and get around
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