Media, Popular Culture, and the American CenturyIn 1941, media mogul Henry R. Luce exulted, "American jazz, Hollywood movies, American slang, American machines and patented products are in fact the only things that every community in the world, from Zanzibar to Hamburg, recognizes in common." It is as true today as it was then. From the early days of Hollywood, an insatiable demand for U. S. cultural productsin advertising, fashion, film, popular music, television, and much elsehas had a profound