cultural imperialism
Forced civilization spreading
Cultural imperialism is the imposition of one culture's values, practices, and products onto another, typically by a dominant nation or group.
The term usually carries critical connotations, suggesting that Western—especially American—media, corporations, and institutions displace local traditions and ways of life: Critics accused Hollywood of cultural imperialism.
The concept appears frequently in postcolonial studies and debates about globalization.
Worldwide economic and cultural integration
- McDonaldizationSociety adopting fast-food principles
- AmericanizationAdopting US cultural norms
- monocultureSingle-crop agricultural system
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
uniformity · Disneyfication · Hollywoodization · lingua franca
Domination through foreign settlement
- WesternizationAdopting Western cultural practices
- EurocentrismBias toward Western perspectives
- subjugationForcing into submission
- exploitationSelfish use of others
supremacy · ethnocentrism · domination · oppression · conquest · subordination · control · coercion
Influence through appeal
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- broadcastingMass signal transmission
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
film industry · television · streaming · social media · news media · entertainment industry · narrative control · media saturation
Decline of linguistic knowledge
- erasureAct of wiping away
- forced assimilationCompelled cultural absorption
- identity lossLosing sense of self
- boarding schoolsResidential institutions for pupils
Ending imperial control
- indigenizationAdapting to native practices
- postcolonialismStudy of imperial aftermath
- indigenous rightsProtections for original inhabitants
- decolonizingEnding colonial domination
globalization
Worldwide economic and cultural integration
- McDonaldizationSociety adopting fast-food principles
- AmericanizationAdopting US cultural norms
- monocultureSingle-crop agricultural system
standardization · uniformity · Disneyfication · Hollywoodization · lingua franca
colonialism
Domination through foreign settlement
- WesternizationAdopting Western cultural practices
- EurocentrismBias toward Western perspectives
- subjugationForcing into submission
exploitation · supremacy · ethnocentrism · domination · oppression · conquest · subordination · control · coercion · annexation
soft power
Influence through appeal
- HollywoodAmerican film industry center
- broadcastingMass signal transmission
- propagandaBiased information for influence
advertising · film industry · television · streaming · social media · news media · entertainment industry · narrative control · media saturation
language loss
Decline of linguistic knowledge
- erasureAct of wiping away
- forced assimilationCompelled cultural absorption
- identity lossLosing sense of self
decolonization
Ending imperial control
- indigenizationAdapting to native practices
- postcolonialismStudy of imperial aftermath
- indigenous rightsProtections for original inhabitants
- globalizationglobalization, free trade, global village, global trade, multinationals
- imperialismempire building, colonization, British Empire, colonies, colonial rule
- WesternizationAmericanization, globalization, Hollywood, McDonald's, Coca-Cola
- critical theorydeconstruction, Marxism, feminism, simulacrum, postcolonialism
- media theoryagenda setting, gatekeeping, framing, hypodermic needle, magic bullet
- postcolonialismorientalism, postcolonialism, subaltern, neocolonialism, mimicry
cultural imperialismcultural exchange
Sharing practices between peoples
decolonization · multiculturalism · cultural resistance · cultural reclamation · cultural hybridity
cultural imperialismmulticulturalism
Coexistence of diverse traditions
cultural diversity · interculturalism · cultural relativism · cosmopolitanism · cultural hybridity
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