A social media company updates its application with new features, which prove to be extremely unpopular and are eventually removed. Another technology company adopts one of the features for its new application, and within weeks of the first company’s failure, the second company is successful in an emerging market.

Question

Which features of global culture are represented in this scenario?

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Responses

The second company will serve as a hearth and share the economic benefits of its new product strategy with the first company.

The second company will serve as a hearth and share the economic benefits of its new product strategy with the first company.

The second transnational corporation eradicates local culture, substituting a new global culture in its place.

The second transnational corporation eradicates local culture, substituting a new global culture in its place.

Hierarchical diffusion allows the first transnational corporation to achieve greater profits while embracing local culture.

Hierarchical diffusion allows the first transnational corporation to achieve greater profits while embracing local culture.

Relocation diffusion allows the companies to succeed because the compression of the space–time continuum allows people to travel often.

Relocation diffusion allows the companies to succeed because the compression of the space–time continuum allows people to travel often.

Stimulus diffusion is seen in the feature that is ultimately successful and spreads quickly due to the speed of contemporary communication.

Stimulus diffusion is seen in the feature that is ultimately successful and spreads quickly due to the speed of contemporary communication.

Answer 1

The appropriate response that represents the features of global culture in this scenario is:

Stimulus diffusion is seen in the feature that is ultimately successful and spreads quickly due to the speed of contemporary communication.

This is because the second company's adoption of a feature from the first company's unpopular update illustrates how certain ideas or products (features in this case) can be adapted and succeed in new contexts, influenced by the immediacy of communication in the global market.