How Does Popular Culture Affect Australian Culture
Due to the power of technology, being in contact with the rest of the world is now much, much easier then what it used to be.
Americanisation is a problem many people suffer from in Australia. Many of the old Australian traditions are now outdated. When was the last time you had a Sunday barbeque just for the sake of a get together? Most of these traditions have been replaced with the ideologies that have come from other countries through things such as television, internet, radio and almost any other form of media.
A report by TV Tonight states that “Overseas content has gone up 154% since 2008 while Aussie content has shrunk from 52 per cent of total hours in 2008, to 38 per cent in the first six months of 2011.” Statistics like this show that the American programs are an ever growing trend in Australian television and thus is slowly but surely blotting out the Australian idealism. Shows such as two and a half men, big bang theory, how I meet your mother and other various American television shows portray Americans living there lives and expressing their ideals. Due to the lack of Australian television shows and Australian ideals being displayed in television, is its quite easy for people to believe that what they are seeing are the normal ideals to have.]
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Things such as memes and vines resonate in the minds of young Australians and are often the topic of conversation on trending social media sites such as Facebook, twitter and Instagram. Memes and vines are currently a very strong trend that Americans enjoying creating and watching. Vines are short clips (usually 7 – 8 seconds long) that display how an American would react in a certain scenario. Due to this new concept being so popular among Australian youth, it was very easy to get onboard with the vine making experience and thus was another injection of Americanisation into the veins of Australian
Americanisation is a problem many people suffer from in Australia. Many of the old Australian traditions are now outdated. When was the last time you had a Sunday barbeque just for the sake of a get together? Most of these traditions have been replaced with the ideologies that have come from other countries through things such as television, internet, radio and almost any other form of media.
A report by TV Tonight states that “Overseas content has gone up 154% since 2008 while Aussie content has shrunk from 52 per cent of total hours in 2008, to 38 per cent in the first six months of 2011.” Statistics like this show that the American programs are an ever growing trend in Australian television and thus is slowly but surely blotting out the Australian idealism. Shows such as two and a half men, big bang theory, how I meet your mother and other various American television shows portray Americans living there lives and expressing their ideals. Due to the lack of Australian television shows and Australian ideals being displayed in television, is its quite easy for people to believe that what they are seeing are the normal ideals to have.]
When radio first came …show more content…
Things such as memes and vines resonate in the minds of young Australians and are often the topic of conversation on trending social media sites such as Facebook, twitter and Instagram. Memes and vines are currently a very strong trend that Americans enjoying creating and watching. Vines are short clips (usually 7 – 8 seconds long) that display how an American would react in a certain scenario. Due to this new concept being so popular among Australian youth, it was very easy to get onboard with the vine making experience and thus was another injection of Americanisation into the veins of Australian