The Three Possible Effects Of American Popular Culture

As the years proceed relentlessly, the internet does as well. The Internet was not exactly brought into the world until the 1990’s since then it has been spreading vastly throughout the globe. With the Internet becoming part of everyone’s daily life, it might spark up some controversy over American cultures being spread through it, later leading to the future of the internet's effect on “cosmopolitanism.” The three possible effects of American popular culture spreading would be through Television, globalization and business advertisements. For starters, Television has emerged drastically since 1927. In the previous years, Television did not rely on the Internet to be able to boot up. As the years have passed, technology has developed which
Globalization is increasing as well and with that occurring, businesses can advertise what they want using the internet. Whether it is through Television, a blog or Instagram, it is spreading out what they believe is important information. People view this as a way of spreading American cultures, which they believe is going to lead to homogeneity. (Source 4) This is a state of being the same, so people thought that globalization was going to rule out all other cultures and traditions the same as Television. This affects cosmopolitanism because globalization can spread information worldwide quickly, manipulating people’s perceptions with American cultures. This turns the society into a single community, based on what these organizations believe is right and wrong. Yet again this is what people fear, becoming homogenous and forgetting all other cultures and traditions except for the American
Now, you’re probably wondering what businesses have to do with internet spreading American cultures. Well, in order for a business to be successful, their products must sell suitably, so they advertise through magazines, commercials, and billboards. For example, Google, Apple Inc., and Ford Motor Company are all very large business that are used to scatter information of American cultures. Those businesses like Apple and Google use the internet to be able to disperse information about pretty much anything. Back in the days, the world was being pressured to imitate the “American ways” so people began blaming America for that because globalization pretty much was America, or at least that’s what people thought. Currently, businesses such as Disney, McDonald's, Coke or Pepsi are spreading American cultures without even realizing it. (Source 1) They advertise through apps on smartphones or commercials on Television, promoting their products trying to attract people into buying them. It isn’t too long until the world begins to forget about their own traditional foods and entertainments to go eat McDonald's and watch a Walt Disney movie. With businesses implementing more and more American cultures through their advertisements, communities are beginning to worry that the internet eventually will conclude the journey of all other