Research Paper on:
Globalization's Pros and Cons

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No longer does the average American go to the local butcher shop. He or she goes to Pathmark or Kroger or a number of industry giants that encompass a large  geographic area. Less attention is paid to quality with the emphasis on convenience. To some extent, McDonalds plays a role in this. Today, there is a McDonalds every few miles  on highways across America. People like the sameness that is offered at each stop. The food is a known entity. McDonalds restaurants are no longer confined to America. They are  found all over the world. To a great extent, McDonalds gives one insight into the globalization of popular culture. McDonalds is just one entity but it is one that  has expanded throughout the world. Music and fashion are other things that seem to have become global, but such trends are disturbing to people who live in the third world.  What are the benefits of the globalization of popular culture? What are the liabilities? Critics contend that the spread of popular culture, or as some say--the McDonaldization or McDomination--of the  world is detrimental to the developing countries that have a hard time retaining their own culture. They say that their cultural heritage is compromised as stores break ground and spread  their wares to nations that really are not on their own two feet. Even in developed countries, globalization in this way destroys culture. Asian countries balk that their children  are getting fat due to the American fast food that has invaded their nations. Fashion and music have also been problematic for parents in nations that embrace religion a bit  more than does America. Some cultures, such as Islam, want women to cover themselves up and so Britney Spears is a problem. It in some sense compromises the extent to