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.

Home, Sweet Home – for Some

How can Africa move from brain drain to brain gain?
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Ilm by Rote

In post-7/7 Britain, madrassas naturally fall under unsparing scrutiny
Sanjay Suri
August 10, 2005

Murdoch Says News Corp. Has Hit a "Brick Wall" in China

Chinese government reverses policy of relaxing controls on international media organizations
Ron Rhodes
September 20, 2005

Beijing Clamps Down on Foreign Television

New policies attempt to further limit foreign cultural influence
Chris Buckley
August 4, 2005

The New Chauvinism

Mounting patriotism cannot eradicate domestic terrorism, writes George Monbiot
George Monbiot
August 10, 2005