美国流行文化给世界各族文化带来的影响

World culture will become more or less American

No one can deny that American culture has great influence over other countries with the assistance of its international companies all over the world and advanced communication technology. Since the 20th century, the mainstream of American culture has been exported abroad fiercely and “Americanization” has become a global phenomenon which is unavoidable to many countries. People around the world used to drink Coca Cola, eat food from McDonald's, wear clothing made in America or of American style, watch Hollywood films and NBA games, save and carry dollar as a hard currency, speak American English, use the Windows and Intel system day and night on the Internet. These are all the output of American culture. Therefore, I strongly argue for the claim that world culture will become more or less American. In order to support this argument, the following evidences are listed.

To begin with, I want to talk about how American is changing the food people eat. KFC, McDo nald’s, Starbucks and some other international chains which were founded in America are now famous and popular through the whole world. Just as Vicente said (24), McDonald’s has become a worldwide brand with more than 40,000 franchises located in over one hundred counties. Here we take China as an example. In China, you can find more than one KFC and McDonald’s almost in every city. According to Ouroussoff (40), McDonald’s and Dairy Queen can be found in Shenzhen decades ago. Also, people love to spend their leisure afternoons in Starbucks chatting with friends or just enjoy the atmosphere there.

Meaning while, American media also lead the trend of the world and help American culture to penetrate into other cultures. American TV series enjoy huge popularity, especially among the youths. Many non-American Teenagers or college students can name some well-known American TV series such as “Friends”, “desperate housewives”, “Two broke girls”and so on. In turn, the habits, customs, value Americanize them in secret. Moreover, CNN contribute to the process of Americanization as well. According to Pico Iyer (194), CNN had reaches over 140 counties. Most importantly, Hollywood acts a method to deliver American culture to other countries. Many films of Hollywood are released not only in American but also in Europe, Asian. American celebrities such as Jordan, Madonna, and Angelina Jolie have become a new generation idol with fans of different nationality, different race and different religions. This film and television culture works contain a lot of information about entertainment, fashion or even language, which advocates American culture intensely and make it possible for American culture to expand extensively. For instance, the widely use words in American TV shows such as “cool”, “come on”, “guys” almost become universal globally since even people who don’t speak English can also understand these words. Another point to mention, the dress style of heroine in the movies affects the audience's aesthetic largely. In the 1950s, most of famous American actors in Hollywood movies wore jeans. With