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    and public education system. Early in the United States’ history, the answer to the question of diversity was an idea called “Americanization.” As the name suggests, citizens were expected to become a “real” American if they wanted to be a citizen. The dominant cultural forces in America set a standard and immigrants were expected to match that standard. When Americanization failed to produce the expected results, a small group of people began to advocate for “pluralism” (Cushner 40-1). Conversely

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    Canadian newsstands to have enough of their own. More then 90 percent (globalization101.org., 20??) of Canadian magazines were imported from other areas around the world. As thought in this lesson, media is a major cause of local neglect. Americanization tv media, and other forms of media, not to exclude magazines, over-run other countries day time listings of media. If too many magazines are interrupting local news, events, and thoughts, there will be a gap in local awareness, and an overwhelming

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    discuss how are cultural differences and similarities between Ishamel’s culture and other cultures revealed. There are three main points; cultural differences shows cultural conflict and cultural integration, and cultural similarities reflects the Americanization. First of all, his cultural differences shows cultural conflict. Professor Cultural differences revealed as the Ishaml’s cultural conflict. Ishamel got cultural shock during his story, and obiousely, cultural conflicts happen between

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    temple, her commitment to the Jewish faith grows as well. She befriends Rabbi Horowitz and takes up a job answering phone calls for the temple hot-line. Mona also dates Seth Mandel with whom she has her first sexual encounter. Mona’s view on americanization can also be attributed to her adolescence which is a time when young individuals seek to discover

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    American culture has a negative effect on the cultures and societies that adopt it. In one way it can be seen as envy because America was seen to have much better standards and was modern than other countries and was called Americanization globalization that makes the United States look 10 times way better.. For Muslims it’s seen a threat to their identity and culture. And others worry that America is setting the wrong impression but for some it was life changing. America was causing a lot of conflicts

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    International Culture As defined in the Oxford dictionary, culture is the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a particular people or society (“Culture”). In general, culture is divided into two categories, social and organizational. Social culture is the shared values and knowledge of a society whereas organizational culture is the shared values and knowledge of an organization (Payne). The two cultural categories are both relevant to Snap Fitness’s desire to open club locations in Tokyo,

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    Since that technology plays a big role in our life especially nowadays, then it is important to talk about it and its relationship with Americanization. We use American technology for everything, like smartphones, laptops, tablets and home electronic devices such as microwaves, fridges and coffee machines. In the past, the American technology influence was enormous every company wanted to be similar to American technology. To illustrate, Apple is a famous American brand that is recognized and admired

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    Globalization is a phenomenon involving the integration of ideas circulating worldwide, connecting people from everywhere (Friedman). Globalization affects everything, but most importantly it impacts our own cultures. Culture is the way that groups of people act, believe, and live. This is crucial to life because without culture, we wouldn’t be unique. Cultures are linked together through globalization because globalization can spread cultures worldwide, altering them in the process. Globalization

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    Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie continually forces you to think about the concept of Americanization, more specifically of the Native Americans. Sherman Alexie used forms of racial loathing in presenting how Native Americans handle the Americanization process. In Reservation Blues, a group of Native Americans formed a band called Coyote Springs and struggle to integrate themselves into mainstream American society. Their talents are overshadowed by their inability to be accepted as Indians. While

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    of the patriotism, immigration, and Americanization

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