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Critically examine the view that society is becoming Mcdonalized using relevant examples to illustrate your argument Many areas of society, such as shopping and travel, have changed dramatically in their structure
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Critically examine the view that society is becoming Mcdonalized using relevant examples to illustrate your argument Many areas of society, such as shopping and travel, have changed dramatically in their structure and operation in recent few decades. Nowadays, for example, a huge supermarket such as ASDA is more commonplace than a small community greengrocer. I put these changes down to the Mcdonalization of society and the changing of our attitudes due to the effects of its 4 key components; efficiency, calculability, predictability and control. Mcdonalization is the process whereby society seems to take on the principles of the fast food restaurant. Therefore efficiency in industry and society is significant, doing things in the quickest way possible and making the best use (economically) of the resources availably with little or no waste. In McDonalds this is demonstrated by the production line effect, where one person fries burgers, one...
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