East Internet
Bollywood
Western clothing
mobile phones
West
computers
satellites
cultural diffusion
television
hip-hop
vernacular
Now more than ever changes in technology have made not only more common but virtually instantaneous. Lets look at
some reasons for this, as well as some impacts of it.
For decades, has been one of the driving forces of the spreading of culture. A product of the mid-20th Century, it has
provided rapid dissemination of information and entertainment to and from all parts of the world. styles such as blue
jeans- and music such as rock and roll and have reached nearly every corner of the world.
More recently have transformed not only the spread of news and culture, but have transformed economies across the globe.
Usage can now reach nearly every city in the world, thanks in large part to the use of while most
people carry around with them daily. Additionally a product of the "space race of the 1950s and 1960s- are used for a
multitude of purposes transmitting information, breaking events, map locations, and military intelligence
Cultural diffusion is not without downsides, though. Many argue that the diffusion has been one-way from the
to the rest of
the world. Things like hamburgers and American movies and the English language have become more and more common places in distant lands.
replacing the native foods, entertainment, and the local
However, we can identify instances of diffusion from the
meaning the rest of the world. Art Literature and movies like the
movies of india have
become popular in Europe and the United States