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F rom H ollyw ood M ov ies to Study A m erican C u ltural H egem ony C hen Sujuan A T h e sis S u b m itted in P a rtia l F u lfillm en t of the R equ irem ents for the D egree of M a ste r o f A rts In M odern E nglish T ianjin N orm al U n iversity M ay 20 12 A b str a ct T he m ass m edia has m ade an unprecedented developm ent because of the fast developm ent of econom y and h igh technology. W ith the advance of science and technology and the innovation of m ass m edia, m ovies have touched every asp ect of our life and hav e influ enced us trem endously. A s one of the p illars of the cu ltural industry, the U .S . m ed ia has becom e a strong driv ing force and a pow erfu l tool for the im p lem entation of the expansion of cu lture an d cu ltural hegem ony. H o llyw ood s m ov ies, representatives of A m erican popu lar cu lture, p lay a very significant ro le in its pow er expansion. B ased on G ram scis cultural hegem ony and the cu ltural im p erialism theory of E dw ard W . S aid, the author tries to analyze the expansion of A m ericas cu lture throu gh the construction of the im age of the U nited S tates to the w orld and prom oting A m erican values and ideo logy by m ean s of m ov ies. T here are m ain ly three k inds of im ages w h ich are portrayed in H o llyw ood m ov ies: the im age of the sav ior of the w orld, the im age of the m yth ical country and the im age of the scientific and techno logical ov erlord. T h is thesis has show n that the U n ited S tates prom otes A m erican culture through high-tech m eans in the film s, the h igh-tech com m un ity in the film s and the values of freedom an