Today regional societies, economics and cultures are integrated through a global network of communication, transportation and trade. In the past, everything had its place, but now a non-physical place is emerging and a change in the relations of time, place and culture is coming about. Now you can experience the culture of a group of people while you are in another place.
As a result of globalization, the occurrence of economic, political, cultural and environmental events in one part of the world quickly comes to have influence on the lives of the people of other parts due to domino effect.
At first it seemed that globalization was preparing the ground for all countries to develop, but today it seems it is changing into Americanization. Americanization is a word to describe the influence of the US on the popular culture, technology, political technique, etc. of other countries. In fact America seeks imperialism; involving the political, economic, military and cultural dominance over the world. This may stem from the Monroe doctrine which asserted that the western hemisphere was not to be colonized by European countries. It is a belief for the US that no country should have power over it.
The other significant issue to take into consideration is the US belief in Manifest destiny; according to which the US was destined to expand across the North America continent. The US is seeking imperialism throughout the world since it believes that it is the superior race in the world.
One way to dominate the world is to spread Culture which in complete form would lead to cultural imperialism. To reach this goal, the US has focused on media. Today Hollywood dominates most of the world's media markets.
So one of the most important issues is to be wary not to be caught in the trap of Americanization in the process of Globalization…..
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