American Pop Culture: A Thai Perspective

Authors

Chris Coy, Brigham Young University
Linda Sullivan, Brigham Young University

Keywords

American pop culture, Thai, national identity, Thailand

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Design

Abstract

The construction of national identity amidst an ever-increasing influx of external ideas and foreign ideologies is an interesting phenomenon. In what ways does the popular culture of a country with access to all forms of media, such as the United States of America, influence smaller communities of individuals in other parts of the world? Questions of a similar nature were posed as I prepared to travel to Thailand in the summer of 2004 with fellow Media Arts student Scott Christopherson. It was our intent to document the influence of American pop culture on the ordinary Thai individuals that we came in contact with during our month-long stay.

Recommended Citation

Coy, Chris and Sullivan, Linda (2013) "American Pop Culture: A Thai Perspective," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 2253.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/2253