disjuncture and difference in the global cultural economy

tourists, immigrants, refugees, exiles, guest workers, other moving groups that are essential features of the world. the migration of people across cultures and borders

cultural interactions due to the promotion of technology

the flux capital across borders. the financial landscape of a nation or region

use of media that shapes the way we understands our imagined world

the global flow of ideologies

absorption of American politics, culture, and ideals

bringing workers into lower class sectors in spaces of relatively wealthy societies

a movement of ideas and cultures created by immigration and transfers of ways of lifeex: fascination of martial arts from asia

advertising and media gives products character that they do not possess

when receiving country sends back designs and commodities to the country of origin. increases the rule of the majority culture on a global scale