Aniko Bodroghkozy's "As Canadian as Possible" demonstrates the overall influence that American media has over many other countries. The image that the culture portrays in American media is one that is strongly imitated. As the article explains, the American dream is what our media thrives off of, where as Canadian movies portray a much more realistic version of our lives. The way Canadians approach and decipher American media is affected by their lack of identity. Seymour Martin Lipset says, "Canadians have tended to define themselves not in terms of their own national history and traditions but by reference to what they are not: Americans." The Canadians use this as collateral because it makes them "anti-American". As an attempt to get the Canadian culture more Americanized, the Canadians often syphon the works of American media.