Cultural Hegemony: Who's Dominating Whom Analysis

As the American culture is adapted by other countries in means of economy, propaganda, and way of life we being to question whether or not it is a positive or negative effect on those countries. In “ Cultural Hegemony: Who’s Dominating Whom by Deirdre Straughan”, she explains that there is not a positive nor negative effect when it comes to the export of American culture. Straughan begins her claim by bringing up a theory that many people believe, that with the export of the American culture will cause the world to become homogenized and will disunite from their culture, moral, and customs. Straughan believes there are two fallacies in this theory, one being that theory portrays arrogance and two being that the theory is not true at all. …show more content…
This means that with the export of American culture through media, countries that adapt the American culture do not force people to view American media. Instead, they allow people to consume it at their leisure and willingness. Straughan points out that some governments in countries go as far as censoring external media due to morals and religion beliefs. Why? Countries claim that if external media is brought into their country, people will not preserve their culture. The problem with countries censoring this material? It causes people to go above and beyond by breaking the law to try to consume this material and it makes people upset that they practically cannot make decisions for