AP Human Geography / Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes
3.6 Contemporary Causes of Diffusion
Notes
- Globalization, media, the internet and social media speed diffusion.
- Time-space compression.
- Results: cultural convergence (becoming similar) and divergence (becoming different).
Practice
The internet speeding the spread of trends is:
Places feel closer.
Cultures becoming more alike through globalization is:
Growing similarity.
English as a global language of business shows:
Lingua franca of today.
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