However, contemporary cultural studies (Storey 2003, Cullen 2000) have demonstrated that societies have consistently invented popular culture that reflects not only ideologies of the day, but also in effect manufactures, manipulates, and distorts popular culture politically as a source of nationalism, socially as a representation of daily life, economically as a product of transnational corporations, and through the forces of the political economy of globalization.
however 然而
contemporary现代的
cultural 文化
demonstrated证明
societies社会
consistently一贯地
invented发明
reflects反映
ideologies意识形态
effect效果
manufactures制造
manipulates操纵
distorts扭曲
politically政治上
source来源
nationalism民族主义
representation表示
daily每天
economically经济上
transnational跨国的
corporations公司
globalization全球化
forces全球化