Cultural+Imperialism

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=**Cultural Imperialism**=

1. Lexi is exploring the negative effects of fast food and Kristen is researching the negative effects that smoking and the United States Tobacco industry has had on foreign countries. Anna is looking up the effects that big American brands are having on other countries, while Lucy discusses the dominance of American music overseas and Sarah explains the negative impacts of violent movies and video games in other countries. 2. This topic is significant because America's influences continue to dominate foreign media and life in other countries today. 3. We are going to use images such as advertisements and statistics of how many American brands and/or industries have popped up in other countries over the years. We also plan on exhibitng significant music lyrics and examples of American influenced T.V. shows. 4. The subtopic which we have chosen is not just a recent one, but also one that continues to grow in a world full of big businesses and popular media producers.

**Music**

**Movies/T.V./Video Games** -films like "James Bond" -degrading to females Video Games
 * -**guns, weapons, drugs

**Big Brands** -Huge businesses take away business from smaller stores(GAP, Target) -pushing American products

**Fast Food** -statistics(McDonalds, Burger King) -unhealthy, monopolizes business

**Smoking** -also unhealthy -not educating consumers -ads everywhere(Marlboro)

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