Essays about: "Americanisation"

Found 5 essays containing the word Americanisation.

  1. 1. Walt Disney’s Moana, “We are Polynesia” : A CDA of Disney’s representation of the Polynesian culture inside Moana

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Melanie Nauta; [2018]
    Keywords : Disney; Moana; Culture; Disneyfication; Americanisation; Cultural appropriation; Critical Discourse Analysis; Polynesia;

    Abstract : Disney is known for their family animation movies with a non-western or indigenous cultural background. Nevertheless, Disney is basically very influential for the perception of cultures by a global audience. Many studies have proven that Disney’s depiction of a certain represented culture has not always been that clean. READ MORE

  3. 2. CSR, Glocalisation and Football

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Nathanael Tim Rosell; [2015]
    Keywords : CSR; Glocalisation; Football; Djurgårdens IF; Seattle Sounders;

    Abstract : AbstraktNyckelord: Globalisering, Amerikanisering, Europanisering, Glokaliseringoch CSRFörfattare: Tim Nathanael RosellHandledare: Bo Carlsson och Gun NormarkTitel: CSR, Glokalisering och Fotboll – En jämförelse mellan amerikanskoch svensk fotboll.Problem: I den begränsade svenska sport modellen söker klubbar attattrahera sponsorer, skapa intäkter och vinna fördelar översina konkurrenter. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Americanised British English Classroom: A case study on the linguistic nature of the input in Swedish EFL teaching

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Anna Eriksson Schaper; [2014-01-15]
    Keywords : input; EFL; Englishes; Linguistic nature; Americans vs British; Americanisation;

    Abstract : Input is everything a learner is exposed to within the target subject, yet it is a relatively scarcely researched area within EFL and SLA - especially the linguistic nature of the input that Swedish EFL learners have access to. This case study has therefore been aimed at investigating the input used by 18 English teachers in the greater Gothenburg area. READ MORE

  5. 4. Stand-up Comedy Around the World: Americanisation and the role of globalised media

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Juan Sjöbohm; [2008]
    Keywords : Stand-up comedy; Americanisation; Globalisation; globalised media; Bill Hicks; Magnus Betnér; Hernán Jiménez; La Media Docena;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to determine how stand-up comedians outside the U.S. have succeeded to adapt the art of stand-up comedy to their own regional contexts and to define the extent of the influence of American comedians on comedians from other countries, discussing the concept of Americanisation and globalised media. READ MORE

  6. 5. Islamists Concerned at ”Americanisation of Education” in Kuwait : Background, Argument and Possible Reasons

    University essay from Ämnesavdelningen för religionsvetenskap

    Author : Adelaide Letsa; [2004]
    Keywords : islamism; education; school books; Kuwait; americanisation;

    Abstract : Why was there a strong reaction from Islamist MPs about the Americanisation of education in Kuwaiti schools? Which parts of the textbooks were being questioned and which arguments were used? Could there be any reasons to delete particular phrases in textbooks, which may seem to offend people of certain religious denominations? Kuwait as a state has been in earlier conflicts with Iraq, which has led to some Islamists not being in favour of Kuwait, getting support from the USA. The Islamists in these Arab states imply that the war between Kuwait and Iraq was a direct punishment from Allah as Kuwaitis were in close contacts with USA. READ MORE