promote connectedness and a new international community that transcends parochial political barriers
促进了人们之间的可联系性，也促进超越狭隘政治障碍的国际社会的发展

saturateglobal cultural reality with formulaic TV shows and mindless advertisements
以程式化的电视节目和毫无思想性可言的广告渗透了全球文化

to a large extend, the global cultural flows of our time are generated and directed by global media empires
在很大程度上，全球媒体帝国生产和指挥着我们这个时代的全球文化流动

the volume and extent of cultural transmissions in the contemporary period have far exceeded those of earlier eras
当代文化传播在数量和程度上都大大超过了以前的各个时期

viewers must fill in the blanks in continuously updated inputs
观众在不断更新的涌入信息的面前必须填补自己未知知识的空白

parochialadj.<disapproving>只关心本地区的，地方观念的

saturate(…with)  v. 使充满/饱和   

saturate the market市场饱和

formulaic  adj.<formal>套话的，公式化的

input n.(思想/知识/时间/信息的)投入，输入