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Media imperialism (sometimes referred to as cultural imperialism) is an area in the international political economy of communications research tradition that focuses on how "all Empires, in territorial or nonterritorial forms, rely upon communications technologies and mass media industries to expand and shore up their economic, geopolitical, and cultural influence."
The 19th century saw the United States transition from an isolationist, post-colonial regional power to a Trans-Atlantic and Trans-Pacific power. From 1790 to 1797, the U.S. Revenue Marine served as the United States' only armed maritime service, tasked with enforcing export duties, and was the predecessor to the United States Coast Guard.
1898 political cartoon: "Ten thousand miles from tip to tip."referring to the expansion of American domination (symbolized by a bald eagle) from Puerto Rico to the Philippines following the Spanish–American War; the cartoon contrasts this with a map showing the significantly smaller size of the United States in 1798, exactly 100 years earlier.
Crucible of Empire: The Spanish–American War is a 1999 television documentary film about the Spanish–American War and American imperialism at the turn of the 20th century. Produced by the Great Projects Film Company and South Carolina ETV for PBS , it details how the United States' imperial ambitions largely grew out of its war with the ...
The project's goal is to critique what the authors consider the imperial ambitions of the United States and to explore viable alternatives for foreign policy. [1] The American Empire Project was founded by Tom Engelhardt and Steven Fraser [2] and started publication in 2004. It includes revised or reprinted editions of older books, as well as ...
In the history of colonialism, (i.e., the form of imperialism in which the government of the colony is run directly by foreigners), the educational and media systems of many Third World countries have been set up as replicas of those in Britain, France, or the United States and carry their values. Western advertising has made further inroads ...
The video begins with a map of the United States, which is then almost obscured by a text that says "This Is Not America", made by Chilean Alfredo Jaar, which was placed in New York City in 1987, with the name "A Logo for America". [11] Later, a woman acting as Lolita Lebrón shoots three times into the sky in the video before being arrested. [5]
The Pattern of Imperialism: The United States, Great Britain and the Late-Industrializing World Since 1815 (1981) Townsend, Mary Evelyn. European colonial expansion since 1871 (1941). Wilson, Henry. The Imperial Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1870 (1977)