Choose two categories from the list, and then from each of your two chosen categories, pick a chain you are familiar with and like.
Fast food restaurants / Department stores
Describe what first comes to mind when you think about these chains or hear their names.
What is it that you like about these chains?
Is there anything you don't like?
From the book The Mcdonaldization of Society Ed. 9th.. How does that fit with Ritzer's argument on predictability in rationalized societies?
** At the end, based on your description of how you use fast-food restaurants and how your life has been affected by social changes in American society, decide the following:
- Does Ritzer’s statement, overall, apply to you, or not .
- Are the reasons he gives for people using fast food chains the same as your reasons?