When most people think about the “American culture‚” images of Coca-Cola‚ hot dogs‚ baseball games‚ big cars and suburban mansions come to mind. But there is a deeper side to American culture than Hollywood and Disney World. Underneath the layers of TV advertising and hyper-consumerism‚ there is a cultural DNA that makes America what it is. Here is a brief look at several cultural “genes” that influence the way Americans think and act. Individualism Individualism is a way of life by which a person
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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陳君亭 96421400 郭千寧 96421876 Ming Chuan University Investigating on-line shopping behavior in Taiwan Running head: APA STYLE: AN EXAMPLE OUTLINE OF A FULL RESEARCH Abstract The research is focus on student of MCU as tanager of research. It probes into appearance of online-shopping whether effects change of consumer behavior or not. However‚ the online retailers emphasize only on the promotions of the products and the product’s functions. Perhaps‚ their focuses are difficult to attract the
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