Socio Cultural:
The Culture of the United States is a western culture, and has been developing since long before the United States became a country. Today the United States is a diverse and multi-cultural nation.
The United States was a leading pioneer of television (TV) as an entertainment medium, and the tradition remains strong to this day. Many American television sitcoms, dramas, game shows and reality shows remain very popular both in the US and abroad. Animation is a popular US entertainment medium as well, both on the large and small screen. The characters created by Walt Disney and Warner Brothers animation studios remain very popular. In music, the United States has pioneered many distinct genres, such as country and western, jazz, rock music, hip-hop, and gospel music. African American cultural influences play a particularly prominent role in many of these traditions. As Americans spend most of their leisure (free) times on watching TV, playing games and listening to music hence (thus) 3M Company included these 3 items in its product line.
American culture encompasses traditions, ideals, customs, beliefs, values, arts, and innovations developed both domestically and imported via British colonization and immigration. Prevalent ideas and ideals which evolved domestically such as important national holidays, uniquely American sports, proud military tradition, and innovations in the arts and entertainment give a strong sense of national pride among the population as a whole.
It includes both conservative and liberal elements, military and scientific competitiveness, political structures, risk taking and free expression, materialist and moral elements.