Has the United States become too arrogant to gain from ethnocentrism? The United States is very competitive in many areas, such as scientific discoveries and wealth. Americans were very proud of the successes in such areas and it seemed to be the motto for a long time throughout the states that “We Are Number One!”. Has the United States success in some areas caused it’s people to think they are better than other countries and don’t need their help? Ethnocentrism is a very important process, by which new insight into social problems can be gained (Heiner, 15). The United States has many problems which the insight of other countries could help solve, such as obesity and poverty. Shouldn’t federal programs be using insight of other countries to take action and solve these problems?


Advertisements have become an overwhelming part of life in modern society. The amount of time that we are watching or hearing an advertisement is very substantial, weather we realize it at the time or not. Because media has many “complex effects, many negative” (Kellner, 1), the advertisement industry is a social problem and needs to be changed. I think it would be a good idea for the government to step in and make many more laws regulating advertisement. Although some would say this would impart on our freedom of speech, I believe that it would be an acceptable price, as it would cut down on several very big social problems in the United States.