Globalization Effects On American Culture

The date in which globalization first occurred is highly debated, but one thing agreed upon by historians is its massive effects on the world. Globalization is the superpower of all super nations of the world. It allows for companies, cultures, products, and ideologies to expanded into different countries, broadening spheres of influence. In addition, globalization allows worldwide connection in both political and social platforms . Nations having the ability to aide, oversee, communicate, and partner is extremely important to modern politics. Citizens of different countries now are able to communicate through tools such as the Internet, joining the human race together giving the people an international voice. There are many positive and negative
Globalization is an indirect threat to the value of culture around the world. Globalization affects culture through its strong parallel of Americanisation. Americanisation can be defined as strongly influencing American culture on foreign countries outside of America, causing them to assimilate. Americanization is typically seen as more aggressive than globalization in as sense that americanization can rapidly change a local or national culture of a foreign country. This can be directly seen in a quote from a Washington Post interviewee stating, “I used to go have dim sum every day. Now I have no dim sum- I just got to McDonald’s,” (Richburg 1). Dim sum is a traditional east asian delicacy that has a strong cultural tie to China and Japan specifically. When McDonald’s made its entrance into Japan, it entered with a boom. As seen in the quote, families would go from eating dim sum multiple times a week to none at all, completely diminishing cultural value The term for this is cultural imperialism. A quote from the book Jihad vs. McWorld explains, “selling American products means selling America: its pop culture, its putative prosperity, its ubiquitous
Undeniably, Globalization may be beneficial in some aspects, conditions, or rare occasions. One example of this would be in Japan, where through the spread of Kentucky Fried Chicken citizens were given an outlet for them to celebrate the religious holiday Christmas. In Japan, “only one percent of the Japanese population is estimated to be Christian” (Smith 1). While one percent may be very small it still is important that that those Japanese citizens get to enjoy their rights of freedom of religion. That can be difficult in Japan because it is very hard to acquire a turkey for Christmas celebration. KFC opening in Japan gave people a way to get a Turkey like meat, that is just as good, to enjoy on Christmas day. Currently, “KFC records its highest sales volume each year on Christmas eve” (Smith 1). KFC has to contribute their great success to their accessibility. With promotions like “Kentucky=Chicken” and sheer quantity of stores, it is very favorable for the Japanese people to fall in love with Kentucky Fried Chicken. KFCs success and helpfulness in Japan is a rare occurrence where globalization was initially a good thing. Despite the goodness of allowing people to celebrate a religious holiday, they still pushed American culture. Recently, “they opened a three story restaurant in Tokyo offering [a] fully stocked whiskey bar- giving visitors a