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.

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As women resist costs of children, government may turn to foreign workers
Jeremy Grant
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Cultural Revolution

Globalization, immigration, the internet drive creativity in Nordic culture
February 1, 2013

Hackers in China Attacked the New York Times

Chinese official’s relatives enrich themselves; hackers attack the messenger
Nicole Perlroth
January 31, 2013

High-Tech Fork Counts Your Mouthfuls

Product of globalization alerts users who eat too fast
Bruce Kennedy
January 25, 2013

To Get Movies Into China, Hollywood Gives Censors a Preview

China’s rules control what global audiences will see
Michael Cieply, Brooks Barnes
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