Cultural imperialism, which is the practice of promoting a more powerful culture over a lesser known or desirable culture, can be attributed to the rise of globalization of the media.
This excerpt from The Telegraph shows how even in England, the country the US fought a revolutionary war with, a country that has had its own culture for quite some time, cultural imperialism is still effective.
"In Britain, we are exposed to American culture so extensively and in such depth that one might be led to imagine that we have absorbed it entirely. We might, indeed, be presented as the ultimate example of the American cultural imperialism that has aggrieved so many people around the world – even, in some cases, to the extreme point of persuading a few of the most insane to engage in terrorist acts against America and Americanism."
It is thorough the globalization of the media that the extent of America's cultural imperialism is possible.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/simonheffer/7908380/America-is-the-acceptable-face-of-cultural-imperialism.html
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