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.

The Globalization of Absurdity

Osama bin Laden souvenirs have flooded markets worldwide, delighting tourists with a taste for the ironic and absurd
Richard S. Ehrlich
June 6, 2005

Arab Satellite Television and Democracy in the Arab World

Satellite television in the Middle East has become a vehicle for change and openness in Arab viewing society
S. Abdallah Schleifer
May 13, 2005

Inglish as She's Spoke

What language will Indians speak in the future?
Gurcharan Das
May 3, 2005

Quietly Sprouting: A European Identity

Amidst turbulent regional politics, Europe's unification makes cultural and geographic strides
Katrin Bennhold
April 27, 2005

The Satellite Subversives

Former Iranian citizen’s US-broadcast TV program entertains and mobilizes Iranians via satellite
Michael Lewis
February 24, 2002