How Does Australia Become Too Americanised

It is quite a disturbing thought to think that this is the way that the Australian film industry presents itself to the rest of the world. It is movies like The Castle that give the rest of the world the impression that Australians are pathetic, uneducated, classless yobbos. This impression was

In 1956 black and white television was introduced to Australia changing the way citizens experienced the world and accessed information. Prior to television citizens' form of entertainment was in the form of radio where they could get their daily news and entertainment. Television brought American culture to Australia exposing viewers to TV shows such as I Love Lucy, 77 Sunset Strip, etc. In fact, 74% of all films imported into Australia were from America. Sport was able to be Big name rock stars such as Elvis, The Beatles and Buddy Holly became icons in Australia encouraging the rock n' roll culture. Consequently, advancing forms of communication technology allowed businesses to advertise more widely increasing the amount of

This leads me to products and how product placement is also americanising us. I mean we see famous people drinking Starbucks coffee and junk food from MacDonalds and burger king on TV so we want to drink coffee from Starbucks and buy from burger king?well at least we call it hungry jacks?we changed something. The point is places like MacDonalds, Hungry Jacks, KFC, and Red Rooster are all imported shops from America even products we thought were owned and operated and all by Australia aren't I mean take?vegemite for example purely Australian? I don't think so, it is owned and operated by the Americans even all the ingredients are imported there is now not one thing that is Australian about vegemite!

Is it the bush, kangaroos and the red sand? Or is the scorching sun, beach and sunscreen? These images are often used to describe Australia but what about the Australian identity? Throughout the various stages of Australian history, Australians have attempted to grab onto an identity that makes them unique and able to bond with another fellow Australian. This has not always been easy, given the diversity that has grown over the centuries and the definition of the true Australian identity has changed over time. The typical Australian is known to be “fair, laid back, democratic and having a dry and anti-authoritarian sense of humour. These descriptions are often identified with Australians who are born in this country, however there is more

There is no doubt to reveals the fact that globalization has benefited more than developing countries. Globalization is misused or over used. The difference between rich and poor continued from the beginning of time. Nearly thousand years ago people use barter system to fill the gap between demands and supply. Due to lack of technology and lack of communication system most people sell and buy products within the boundary of a country but today recent era is a totally different era. Global currency, global language and advance technology provide a platform to stay connected all over the world.

America is not becoming a universal nation. However, it is in the process of redefining the identity of what an American is. The fault for this is widespread growth of certain ethnic groups caused by immigration, paired with technology that allows for unprecedented connectivity. Consequently, this allows minority groups to rapidly spread their culture and ideas throughout the country and influence the majorities like never before. Nowhere is this more apparent than in pop culture; where Bollywood, Korean dramas, and Japanese animation have had a significant impact on the tastes of America as a whole.

The Australian film industry has over the years revolutionized from what was called a silent era, to the sound era and then the new wave. The silent era as the name implies featured film making without the use of sound while the sound era introduced the addition of sound to films. From the years 1906 to 1911, Australia happened to be the most prolific producer of feature films in the world. As at this period in time, Australian producers had easy access to cinema screen because of the irregular supply of foreign films. This notable success however began to experience a gradual decline as the Hollywood

The creation of this homogenous world causes a bubble where the integration of national economies, markets and cultures concedes to an "essentially American dominated culture" (Wayne, 2002, p.2). This import and export of culture, the bubble, and alimented by Globalization itself, brings about that Hollywood captures around 70% of British film market, for example, and the British film industry captures only 1% of the American market (Elliot, 2000). Jameson comes to the problematic assertion that consumption of Hollywood films breaks up the seamless web of habits and habitual practices' of a national culture.

1. During my junior year of college I embarked on my first international trip to study abroad in Australia. This experience set my life path off course and allowed me to experience a completely different culture. There are many obvious differences between Australia and America but one of the significant contrasts is the use of a gap year, which was a completely foreign concept to me. I learned that a gap year is a time, typically between high school and college, for students to take a sabbatical from formal education and begin a journey of self-discover. During this time many students work, volunteer, or travel, giving them time to reflect and explore their own interests. Gap years are far less popular in the United States as they are in other areas around the world. I believe many American students would greatly benefit from taking a gap year and would lead to a more productive and happier society.

Countries are different in one way or another, even if they were colonized by the same nation. America and Australia are prime examples of that fact. They aren’t just in different locations on a map, they have differences in their education systems too. In Australia, they have three major classifications of schools.

Today, America is seemingly defined by its popular culture which has become a major export to the whole wide world. The pop culture refers to all things that people usually do and talk about, manners and beliefs that make a society grow. The culture that is well accepted and followed by everybody in the society. For every place, there is always different style of culture that all people who lives there are subject to follow in able to fit in to that given place. America is one of the major countries that influence other nations in terms of being fashionable and making life easier by having a unique way of discovering a lot of things. Great deal of trends will be noticed by just looking around and many people probably do not realize how

The relationship between film and the American culture is one, which is highly complicated and dynamic. Movie director in Hollywood are constantly influenced by world events to create movies, which entertain, and at times shed light on certain events. Film is also an integral part of our culture because it provides a medium, which can reflect our public’s concerns, attitudes, and beliefs. This report will briefly discuss the interplay between film and the American culture, which is represented in said film.

The cultural element of Hollywood/ commercial films has advanced through the technology and overall the changing values of today’s society. Since the creation of the first Hollywood film studio in 1911 (Dangcil 2007). American films have started to impact viewing habits of audiences all over the world. Glocalisation refers to the adaption of a product or service specific to each locality or culture in which it is sold. Holly wood and commercial films have been glocalised around the world by integrating themes from places into the film as well as hiring actors from all around the world rather than just the United States. Evidence from the past 20 years shows that Hollywood is expanding its embrace to include actors from Hong Kong, scripts written from South Korea and production facilities in China and New Zealand. 50% of its revenue is now coming from abroad and expect to increase. Striving toward the billion plus viewers in China and India however Hollywood studios are operating in ways that include and reflect the diversity of the audiences of the world. Figure 1 shows the total released length on the U.S, British and French film markets from 1893 to 1992, although this data is from very early on in history it represents the way that countries began influencing other countries on film making and eventually each country reached a plateau of the average

have passed, the fast food industry in Australia continues to feed this nation which has

It is noted that the Australian McDonald’s is making more profits than that of the US. The Australian branches are providing a choice in food and allowing the customers to order their style of products. The menu has been made in a way that it helps in improving the ingredients and also making sure the food products match the cultural taste of the country (Peterson, 2015).