In countries outside of the United States, Americanization or Americanisation is the influence American culture has on the culture of other countries, such as their popular culture, media, cuisine, technology, business practices, or political techniques. The term has been used since at least 1907. While not necessarily a hostile term, it is most often used by critics in the target country worried about the tendency.
Americanization has become more prevalent since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989-91, and especially since the advent of widespread high speed Internet use starting in the mid-2000s. In Europe, in recent years there is growing concern about Americanization through Google, Facebook, Twitter, Apple Inc. and Uber, among many other Internet-oriented corporations based in the U.S. European governments have increasingly expressed concern regarding privacy issues, as well as antitrust and taxation issues regarding the new American giants. The Wall Street Journal in 2015 reported "deep concerns in Europe’s highest policy circles about the power of U.S. technology companies."
In American media, the term Americanization is used to describe the censoring and editing of a foreign TV show or movie that is bought by a U.S. station. This editing is done with the aim of making the work more appealing to American audiences, and to respond to perceived American sensitivities. The changes can be so drastic that little — if any — evidence of the TV show or movie's true origin remains.
For television documentaries, it is an established practice in English-speaking countries to hire someone of the audience's accent as a narrator. Sometimes the script is done verbatim, e.g., the PBSNova documentary series continued to use the BBC's original word "maize," whereas an American audience would expect to hear "corn."
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In Hollywood, many foreign film productions (most of them from Europe and the Far East) are remade into U.S.-produced versions for American viewers - adapting the story to conform to American culture. Most of these "Americanized" versions are filmed in American places, and with English-speaking actors. Examples include Godzilla, Point of No Return (aka Nikita), My Father the Hero, The Office and The Ring. In some cases, an original story from a foreign country is Americanized by recasting its lead characters as American; an example of this was the first adaptation of the James Bond novel, Casino Royale, which was produced for CBS Television in 1954. In this version, the character of Bond — a British agent in the original novel and subsequent movie series — is changed into an American agent for the TV version.
The cultural assimilation of Native Americans was an assimilation effort by the United States to transform Native American culture to European–American culture between the years of 1790–1920.George Washington and Henry Knox were first to propose, in an American context, the cultural transformation of Native Americans. They formulated a policy to encourage the "civilizing" process. With increased waves of immigration from Europe, there was growing public support for education to encourage a standard set of cultural values and practices to be held in common by the majority of citizens. Education was viewed as the primary method in the acculturation process for minorities.
Americanization policies were based on the idea that when indigenous people learned United States (American) customs and values, they would be able to merge tribal traditions with American culture and peacefully join the majority of the society. After the end of the Indian Wars, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the government outlawed the practice of traditional religious ceremonies. It established Native American boarding schools which children were required to attend. In these schools they were forced to speak English, study standard subjects, attend church, and leave tribal traditions behind.
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Americanization is the process through which non-American societies adopt American culture and values. This includes changes in language, lifestyle, consumer ha...
Americanization is the process through which non-American societies adopt American culture and values. This includes changes in language, lifestyle, consumer habits, and entertainment preferences influenced by American media and corporations. It often results in the blending or replacement of local traditions with American customs. Critics argue it can lead to cultural homogenization, while supporters see it as a form of cultural exchange and modernization.
Americanization is the process through which non-American societies adopt American culture and values. This includes changes in language, lifestyle, consumer habits, and entertainment preferences influenced by American media and corporations. It often results in the blending or replacement of local traditions with American customs. Critics argue it can lead to cultural homogenization, while supporters see it as a form of cultural exchange and modernization.
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The Americanization of Emily (1964) is an American comedy-drama war film written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Arthur Hiller, loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by William Bradford Huie who had been a SeaBee officer on D-Day.
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James Garner as Lt. Cmdr. Charles E. "Charlie" Madison
Julie Andrews as Emily Barham
Melvyn Douglas as Admiral William Jessup
James Coburn as Lt. Cmdr. Paul "Bus" Cummings
Joyce Grenfell as Mrs. Barham
Keenan Wynn as Old Sailor
Edward Binns as Admiral Thomas Healy
Liz Fraser as Sheila
William Windom as Captain Harry Spaulding
John Crawford as Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams
Douglas Henderson as Captain Marvin Ellender
Edmon Ryan as Admiral Hoyle
Steve Franken as Young Sailor
Alan Sues as Petty Officer Enright
Sharon Tate had an uncredited role as "Beautiful Girl".
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McDonaldization
The McDonaldization of Society, 1993
George Ritzer
Developing new means of consumption
Influenced by Weber’s work – Rationality
Formal rationality of modern world
Four dimensions:
Efficiency
Predictability
Quantity over quality or calculability
Substituting humans with machines or control
Eg Fast food
McDonaldization reflects Americanization
McDonalization of credit cards
Fast money
Easier loans
Preapproved cards
Increased consumption
Large debts
Dehumanized employees, low/no interaction
Customer service robot like
Globalization
Share of culture, products, money across borders with the help of trade, technology and communication, etc.
Linking economies
Social process
Exchange of culture, traditions, values too
Economic interdependence
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4:34 McDonaldization
8:11 McDonaldization Reflects Americanization
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McDonaldization
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George Ritzer
Developing new means of consumption
Influenced by Weber’s work – Rationality
Formal rationality of modern world
Four dimensions:
Efficiency
Predictability
Quantity over quality or calculability
Substituting humans with machines or control
Eg Fast food
McDonaldization reflects Americanization
McDonalization of credit cards
Fast money
Easier loans
Preapproved cards
Increased consumption
Large debts
Dehumanized employees, low/no interaction
Customer service robot like
Globalization
Share of culture, products, money across borders with the help of trade, technology and communication, etc.
Linking economies
Social process
Exchange of culture, traditions, values too
Economic interdependence
Chapters:
0:00 Globalization, Americanization and McDonaldization
0:18 Isolation
1:09 Americanization
4:34 McDonaldization
8:11 McDonaldization Reflects Americanization
9:38 Globalization
13:18 Popular Books
13:24 Questions
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Americanization is the process through which non-American societies adopt American culture and values. This includes changes in language, lifestyle, consumer habits, and entertainment preferences influenced by American media and corporations. It often results in the blending or replacement of local traditions with American customs. Critics argue it can lead to cultural homogenization, while supporters see it as a form of cultural exchange and modernization.
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(1964) The Americanization of Emily Movie Trailer
The Americanization of Emily (1964) is an American comedy-drama war film written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Arthur Hiller, loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by William Bradford Huie who had been a SeaBee officer on D-Day.
Set in London in 1944 during World War II, in the weeks leading up to D-Day, the black-and-white film stars James Garner, Julie Andrews and Melvyn Douglas and features James Coburn, Joyce Grenfell and Keenan Wynn. Both Garner and Andrews consider it their personal favorite of their films.
Main cast
James Garner as Lt. Cmdr. Charles E. "Charlie" Madison
Julie Andrews as Emily Barham
Melvyn Douglas as Admiral William Jessup
James Coburn as Lt. Cmdr. Paul "Bus" Cummings
Joyce Grenfell as Mrs. Barham
Keenan Wynn as Old Sailor
Edward Binns as Admiral Thomas Healy
Liz Fraser as Sheila
William Windom as Captain Harry Spaulding
John Crawford as Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams
Douglas Henderson as Captain Marvin Ellender
Edmon Ryan as Admiral Hoyle
Steve Franken as Young Sailor
Alan Sues as Petty Officer Enright
Sharon Tate had an uncredited role as "Beautiful Girl".
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McDonaldization
The McDonaldization of Society, 1993
George Ritzer
Developing new means of consumption
Influenced by Weber’s work – Rationality
Formal rationality of modern world
Four dimensions:
Efficiency
Predictability
Quantity over quality or calculability
Substituting humans with machines or control
Eg Fast food
McDonaldization reflects Americanization
McDonalization of credit cards
Fast money
Easier loans
Preapproved cards
Increased consumption
Large debts
Dehumanized employees, low/no interaction
Customer service robot like
Globalization
Share of culture, products, money across borders with the help of trade, technology and communication, etc.
Linking economies
Social process
Exchange of culture, traditions, values too
Economic interdependence
Chapters:
0:00 Globalization, Americanization and McDonaldization
0:18 Isolation
1:09 Americanization
4:34 McDonaldization
8:11 McDonaldization Reflects Americanization
9:38 Globalization
13:18 Popular Books
13:24 Questions
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In countries outside of the United States, Americanization or Americanisation is the influence American culture has on the culture of other countries, such as their popular culture, media, cuisine, technology, business practices, or political techniques. The term has been used since at least 1907. While not necessarily a hostile term, it is most often used by critics in the target country worried about the tendency.
Americanization has become more prevalent since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989-91, and especially since the advent of widespread high speed Internet use starting in the mid-2000s. In Europe, in recent years there is growing concern about Americanization through Google, Facebook, Twitter, Apple Inc. and Uber, among many other Internet-oriented corporations based in the U.S. European governments have increasingly expressed concern regarding privacy issues, as well as antitrust and taxation issues regarding the new American giants. The Wall Street Journal in 2015 reported "deep concerns in Europe’s highest policy circles about the power of U.S. technology companies."
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