New collage for The Economist printed on this week’s issue 📌 JUNE 12th - 18th
America’s Soft Power
Hollywood, McDonald’s and Levi’s jeans are all expressions of America’s soft power.
But now it is memes, not McDonald’s, that are the main vehicle for the country’s cultural influence.
Social media are turbocharging the export of America’s political culture. This helps explain why movements like Black Lives Matter have spread as far as Hungary, Nigeria and South Korea.
AD - Mirabel Fawcett