Cultural Globalization or Americanisation?
What is Cultural Globalization anyways?
In a world where everything moves at such a frenetic pace, Cultural Globalization is attending. It is regarded as the sharing of values, beliefs and behaviours internationally in a way that builds up stronger connections among people worldwide.
How Cultural Globalization is reaching mankind all over?
This day we are all interconnected and closer than ever before. Pop Cultures play an extensive role in sharing information across the world. Therefore, a powerful influence can easily be virally transmitted abroad. Commodification is achieving increased multinational grounds.
Is Cultural Globalization an Anglo-American Global Domination?
Considering all the MNC started from the USA like McDonald's, Walmart, Disney, Coca Cola, Nike, Starbucks alike so many others that are shared globally and even implemented in other cultures as their own, we would think so. Moreover, the English language is spoken everywhere as a second language, Hollywood movies are streamed internationally, American music and brands are too consumed overseas. Each one of these examples mentioned above is evidence that Cultural Globalization is intensely dominated by Americanisation.
What about Hybridisation and Cultural Appropriation?
The truth is that all cultures experience some sort of influence from outside; some encounter American domination and others face westernized mastery. In the end, lifestyles are commonly affected even though some are less than others.
Unfortunately, people are uninformed. Consequently, the adoption of appropriation between more traditions will end up in western values taking over others due to higher superiority and government control of realizing only information representing their own interest.
Colonial attempts are not welcome!
Let us raise awareness and aim for more cosmopolitan values! The imperialism of the west is historical. We should stay aware and pursue cosmopolitanism for a brighter and kinder future.
















