Samir Moussa's Impact On American Culture

The movie theater has a significant influence on the cultural formation of a society. The United States has always been at the forefront of film history, despite not being the first country to develop the art of motion filming. It was through film that the US consolidated the American way of Life in the world. After World War II the United States stepped up their cultural influence, begun in the 1930s and 1940s, using mainly movies. The American cinema began to spread many traces of their own culture such as habits, customs, behaviors, brands and standards of beauty, which was soon absorbed by the countries that bought his films.

Due the the geographic reason, Canadian culture is often seen as similar to the United States. For instance, language, political beliefs, food, religion and social well-being. I agree that most part of the American popular culture is being adopted by most Canadians because of the powerful media such as movies, films and books are produced by the American. Massey-Leveque, who is a chancellor of the University of Toronto, argued that “ Canada is cultural dependent in its ‘uncritical use of American education philosophy”(as cited in Gasher, M., Skinner, D., & Lorimer,R., 2012,p.196). Hollywood, one of the biggest and most famous film corporations in the world, is devastating part of the Canadian culture. The reason is that by multi-billion

It paved the way to future cultures and circumstances. America was being formed, traditions, cultures, and businesses were being made. Trades were developed and the world was growing. With this growth came the need for an expansion of workforce. America needed more people to aid in the production of crops such as tobacco and cotton.

In life there is sudden way when you interact with different kinds of people. As an immigration to this country when I came here first everyone was new experienced to me because I had confuse what to talk and how to talk with those kinds of people. Culture here is different and every situation here is different than my past life.in united states I get to meet more than 15 different kinds of people from 15 different country, but each and everyone have different experience than other.

I admit there are fantastic films worldwide; however, there are no countries that truly attract the attention of global viewers, like the American Hollywood Film Industry. I say this as recently the 88th annual Academy Awards were held in Los Angeles. This is, unsurprisingly, an American event looking at the successes of American films. Yet the whole world tuned in to see the results. Leo won his first Oscar and everyone, everywhere, was very excited for him. People in this very classroom brought it into discussion as well as other occurrences from the night. Everyone spoke about an American succeeding at an American event, and yet no one here has any direct relation to the country.

Pop culture has always influenced the American way. In fact, there is a saying that politics is downstream from culture. What this means is that laws, policies, and guidelines that the government enforces are all influenced by what is being said and done in pop culture. It may be hard to see this example today, but there were certain parts in time where this idea could be easily seen. One of these eras was the 1960s.

The amount of control the United States has over international media and how their media affects the norms in an international country are just two of the many criticisms raised against media ownership. From Walmart, McDonalds, and Disney there is no denying the influence of the US across the world. The US is considered to be the world's superpower and it is one of the core nations. Core nations during this information age are known for being technically advanced. As discussed in Module 7, the United State control a huge portion of the foreign sales in the global communication market. Among the ten largest global media corporations, the United States has four- Time Warner, Disney, Viacom, NewsCorp, and Comcast/NBC Universal. These American

This is why for me, it was easy to transition from Dubai to America. Because of globalization and being prone to different diversities in Dubai, It made my transition easy. While many see globalization as a positive feature on the world, it can have negative aspects as well. It can lead to displacement of religious identities, values and worldviews. Martin Carnoy explores the question of how globalization and its ideological affect the overall delivery of education. He sees the various effects of education: (1) The pressure to reduce the growth of spending on education and find other sources of funding. (2) the rate of return to higher levels of education and (3) international comparisons of education systems. There has been a swift change in how we learn and do things. This can be pointed towards the impact of globalization on education. Globalization increases interaction and this creates new opportunities for learning as well as old ones. With new learning comes the growth of technology and the diminishing of cultural values. In addition to the speed of circulation of knowledge that comes with globalization, there has been a growth in the quantity, quality and density of knowledge.

Pop culture is a large aspect of modern society and therefore its study should be addressed similarly to the study of history and art because of the political messages it can demonstrate, the influences celebrities have on the current generation, and the stereotypes and lifestyles emulated which greatly influence us from a consumerist point of view.

First, the successful enterprise of ABC with the Walt Disney Company showcased the strength in telefilm style of production to create a quality programming at a fast paced to meet the needs of young viewer market that resulted from the emergence of a post war culture. In Christopher Anderson’s Hollywood TV, the arrival of television introduced a new medium to the American public that overreached into the market of the film industry as it produced another form of entertainment. Anderson argued that television became a large part of postwar culture in America as, “The shift to television production in Hollywood – particularly by those producers within the heaviest investment in the Old Hollywood – marked television’s as an America’s principle postwar culture industry while is also signaled a growing trend toward integration of the media industry.” (Edgerton, p. 179). Social

With the opening up of China in the 1980s, the country soon became one of the biggest buyers in the global television programming market. Massive importation soon led to imitation, as can be seen in the importation and imitation of telenovelas. In this case, it was specifically the impact of the global product being consumed in a local market that

Schiller’s makes a strong central argument about the continuance of the United States global media domination both directly and indirectly. Firstly, Schiller explains that other nations use the United States and their cultural products models of their cultural products such as media and broadcasting. Schiller uses Brazil as an example, explaining that, like in the US, Brazil uses television for the purpose of selling products. Not only does the US dominate global media in the sense that it sets the standard for global media structures and practices, suggesting that foreign, global media output is at its very basis, dominated by professional and economic ideologies, but it also dominates the cultural products being advertised on television, and likely through other global media. As Schiller

National film and television matters in the 21st century because it embodies and conveys the values and beliefs of the culture producing it. We use film to tell stories about who we are and how our society works. Film is a record of how individual cultures have presented themselves to the outside world. It demonstrates what concerns us and is important to us in everyday life, allowing us a rare opportunity to understand each other regardless of economic, racial and national boundaries. It also benefits large corporations and the governments of the countries the films are being made in by using multiple methods including presenting a biased opinion or theory and also emotionally manipulating the audience. Not only does Film and Television communicate ideas and essential components of culture, it is a crucial educational tool that can be used to cause the audience to rethink how they view the world.

The world wide movie business with its incredibly large cultural and economic impact is mainly driven by its regional growth and exports. The organization of the film industry is undergoing a significant transformation trough globalization.

The assigned source highlights the overall negative impacts globalization has on the world. This source focuses on the toll that is taken after war and the economic depression that follows. Michael Shank, the Head of Communications for the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, believes “negative unintended consequences” will form during or after a war, nevertheless, this process will most likely have a “[long] term” impact on the economy. This statement supports the ideas embedded in the source by embracing the concept of war deducting many opportunities from the economy. Some may argue that globalization increases communication among countries. However, in most cases, the increased media communication results in fading of cultures that aren’t westernized. This is expanding the gap between the wealthy and the poor because, higher corporate businesses are forming chains in areas that are ultimately resulting in the market range for the local businesses to decrease. This process results in local businesses to go bankrupt due to the increase in competition. One position that can be embraced is agreeing with the source. Those who agree may be people who are concerned with human rights and global warming, refugees, and scientists. The reason they might agree is because they value future prosperity more and would like to sustain the world’s resources. Also, they may have a better understanding of the suffering of poverty than the wealthy people. Another position that can be embraced is disagreeing with the source. Those who disagree may be wealthy people such as, business owners, capitalists, and most of the western world. The reason they might disagree is because they are receiving most of the benefits from globalization and don’t understand the struggle of poverty to its full extent. Overall, the source should be embraced due the various negative impacts globalization has on the world.