Title: Positive Effects of American Pop Culture | Our Pastimes
Headings: Positive Effects of American Pop Culture
MUSIC MISCELLANEOUS
Positive Effects of American Pop Culture
Economic Effect
Unifying Effect
Freedom of Speech
Other Effects
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Content: All these people are taxed, which brings revenue into the public purse to pay for education, healthcare, road building, and other public spending programs. Unifying Effect
Few people will be unaware of Elvis, Bob Dylan, or Madonna. Likewise, American television programs -- from "I Love Lucy" to "Cheers" to "Friends" to "Desperate Housewives" to "Glee" -- have captured the attention of much of the world. In the sense that it provides common cultural experiences for a global audience, American pop culture has a unifying effect. This does not necessarily imply that all American pop culture is meritorious, simply that it brings together a wide, varied and appreciative audience. Freedom of Speech
American pop culture typifies the freedom of speech for which America is famous. It transmits the values of a people who know they have a right to an opinion. In many parts of the world, this right is actually or effectively non-existent, or is in constant threat of being eroded by shifting social forces and political maneuverings. Freedom of speech is one of the key liberties that people of the free world enjoy. American pop culture, it could be argued, helps to defend this liberty.