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.

Marginal or Mainstream?

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First-Class Brand, But Will it Travel?

British department store hopes public relations will support global franchise
Ellie Paynter
September 7, 2004

Asean Body Steps in to Help Budget Airlines

Organization hopes to bolster economic community through affordable flights and hotels
Nande Khin
September 1, 2004

English Craze Hits Chinese Language Standards

More and more Asians latch on to the language as a passport to a better future
Goh Sui Noi
August 30, 2004

English Craze Hits Chinese Language Standards

More and more Asians latch on to the language as a passport to a better future
Goh Sui Noi
August 30, 2004