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.

Hidden Tiger

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And Now, the News in Latin America's View

Regional television network aims to counter international news networks – but is it independent journalism or state-sponsored propaganda?
Juan Forero
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Chinese technology tries to make a name for itself
Eric Pfanner
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Live 8 concert may obscure a larger problem of the Western – and African – approach to development
DR Tajudeen
June 3, 2005

Nationalism Ignites EU Rebellion

For many citizens, identity takes precedence over unity
Daniel Williams
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