0 0 ▁and ▁ 2 4 , 0 0 0 ▁locations ▁operating ▁world wide ▁respectively ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁The ▁Big ▁Mac ▁Index ▁is ▁an ▁inform al ▁measure ▁of ▁purch asing ▁power ▁par ity ▁among ▁world ▁curr encies . ▁ ▁Cultural ▁global ization ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁main ▁dimensions ▁of ▁global ization ▁commonly ▁found ▁in ▁academic ▁literature , ▁with ▁the ▁two ▁other ▁being ▁economic ▁global ization ▁and ▁political ▁global ization . ▁However , ▁unlike ▁economic ▁and ▁political ▁global ization , ▁cultural ▁global ization ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁extensive ▁research . ▁ ▁Me asure ment ▁ ▁There ▁have ▁been ▁numerous ▁attempts ▁to ▁measure ▁global ization , ▁typically ▁using ▁indices ▁that ▁capture ▁quant itative ▁data ▁for ▁trade ▁flows , ▁political ▁integration , ▁and ▁other ▁measures . ▁ ▁The ▁two ▁most ▁prominent ▁are ▁the ▁AT ▁K ear ney / Foreign ▁Policy ▁Global ization ▁index ▁and ▁the ▁K OF ▁Global ization ▁Index . ▁ ▁Cultural ▁global ization , ▁however , ▁is ▁much ▁more ▁difficult ▁to ▁capture ▁using ▁quant itative ▁data , ▁because ▁it ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁find ▁easily ▁ver ifiable ▁data ▁of ▁the ▁flow ▁of ▁ideas , ▁opinions , ▁and ▁f ash ions . ▁ ▁One ▁attempt ▁to ▁do ▁so ▁was ▁the ▁Cultural ▁Global ization ▁Index , ▁proposed ▁by ▁Rand olph ▁K lu ver ▁and ▁Wayne ▁Fu ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁and ▁initially ▁published ▁by ▁Foreign ▁Policy ▁Magazine . ▁ ▁This ▁effort ▁measured ▁cultural ▁flow ▁by ▁using ▁global ▁trade ▁in ▁media ▁products ▁( books , ▁period ical