|
Country
|
Level
of cultural power
|
Notes
|
|
Australia
|
regional
|
Australia
is influential throughout the Pacific, and it also feeds into the greater
Anglophone media system.
|
|
Brazil
|
minor
global
|
Brazilian
telenovelas are followed avidly globally. Brazilian economic success could
begin to generate influence in that sphere as well.
|
|
Canada
|
minor
global
|
Joined
to the American cultural superpower, Canadian culture (actors, musicians,
writers) achieves global prominence. Canada also wields political influence
through its multinational peacekeeping and diplomatic efforts.
|
|
China
|
global
|
Chinese
economic methods are seen as a potential model around the developing world,
and its authoritarian political system is viewed as worthy of emulation by
some elites.
|
|
Colombia
|
minor
global
|
Colombian
telenovelas are seen in many of the world’s countries.
|
|
Cuba
|
regional
|
Cuba’s
development achievements—and its defiance of the United States—are still
admired by an influential minority in Latin America.
|
|
Egypt
|
regional
|
Egypt
has media and religious influence across the Arab world.
|
|
Finland
|
minor
global
|
Finnish
technology innovations change the lives of the world’s consumers.
|
|
France
|
global
|
France
has produced some of the world’s most successful multinationals, and it is influential
in global economic matters and in the evolution of Europe.
|
|
Germany
|
minor
global
|
German
companies are important globally, and Germany is central to the project of
European unity, serving as a bridge between west and east.
|
|
Hong
Kong
|
minor
global
|
Though
now a part of China, it retains a distinct culture, with influence on
“mainland China” and beyond, and a globally recognized film industry.
|
|
India
|
regional
|
Indian
movies,
TV, and music are followed across South Asia and in the global South Asian
diasporas. Indian businesses are
beginning to have worldwide impact.
|
|
Iran
|
regional
|
Iran
is influential in Shia Islam
in the Middle East and South Asia.
|
|
Japan
|
global
|
Japan
is a global powerhouse in consumer culture, and in media—especially
computer games but also manga and film.
|
|
Lebanon
|
regional
|
Lebanon
is a media center for the Arab world.
|
|
Mexico
|
minor
global
|
Mexican
telenovelas are seen around the world.
Mexican culture is also influential in the United States, and
achieves some global exposure via that avenue.
|
|
Nigeria
|
regional
|
Nigeria
produces popular video movies seen throughout Anglophone Africa.
|
|
Norway
|
minor
global
|
Norway
is influential in diplomatic and humanitarian affairs.
|
|
Russia
|
regional
|
Russian
media and culture reach out to the Russian diaspora created by the demise
of the Soviet Union.
|
|
Saudi
Arabia
|
global
|
Saudi-supported
fundamentalist Islam is changing the nature of global Islam.
|
|
South
Africa
|
regional
|
South
African business is influential throughout Africa, and its media has reach
as well.
|
|
South
Korea
|
minor
global
|
South
Korean companies create products used by consumers on every continent, and its
media is popular across East Asia and beyond – especially computer games.
|
|
Sweden
|
minor
global
|
Swedish
companies are global consumer powerhouses, and Sweden is influential in
humanitarian affairs.
|
|
Syria
|
regional
|
Syrian
media are increasingly popular across the Arab world.
|
|
Taiwan
|
regional
|
Taiwanese
media and consumer culture influence mainland China.
|
|
Turkey
|
regional
|
Turkish
media and business activity have growing influence in the Middle East.
|
|
United
Kingdom
|
global
|
British
movies, music, and books have global reach, often mediated through the US;
the UK is also influential in global sociopolitical norms.
|
|
United
States
|
global
cultural superpower
|
American
media influence is globally pervasive, and aspects of American culture and
society are admired and emulated almost everywhere.
|
|
Venezuela
|
minor
global
|
Venezuelan
telenovelas are followed globally.
Venezuelan politics have also inspired imitation in Latin America.
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