Globalization wields powerful influence over societies and cultures. Business travelers and tourists both observe and distribute new ideas. New ideas, interactions, foods and products are tried, then embraced or discarded. With the internet or satellite television, films, publications, photographs, news reports and cartoons can travel instantly, entertaining or angering audiences around the globe. With social media like Facebook or Twitter, individuals offer news and own instant pronouncements on trends. Whether slowly through immigration or immediately online, these connections bring about some convergence of norms on fashion to human rights while also provoking challenges from traditionalists. A global society has emerged, and it’s tightly linked.

Hollywood on the Danube

Budapest plays Europe – cutting costs for filmmakers
Dan Bilefsky
July 19, 2010

Egyptian Group Wants to Censor Arabic Classic

Fundamentalists try to put a literary genie back into a bottle
Amro Hassan , Jeffrey Fleishman
July 14, 2010

What Big Eyes You Have, Dear, But Are Those Contacts Risky?

Health checks can’t keep pace with fashion for big-eyed look
Catherine Saint Louis
July 7, 2010

Why Are 53 Countries Rooting for Ghana?

Africa unites around a World Cup team
Dayo Olopade
July 1, 2010

Our Vuvuzelas, Ourselves

South African soccer staple is heard – and critiqued – around the globe
Anne Applebaum
June 30, 2010