Society & Culture

Globalization's effects on the way people live, play, and learn is difficult
to measure but readily apparent in almost all societies across the globe.
While McDonald's and Coca-Cola offer standardized products worldwide,
food habits are not the only thing affected by our growing interconnectedness.
Printed images, movies, books, and ideas have traversed the globe through
satellite television and the Internet as well as with travelers and businesspeople.
In the process, exposure to news ways of life and ways of thinking have brought
about a degree of convergence of norms and attitudes on everything from fashion
to human rights. But it has also provoked challenge from traditional cultures and
often led to fusion of many influences. The following articles have been assembled
to shed light on these and other related issues.

Guobin Yang YaleGlobal, 23 June 2009
Despite many counter-measures and filters, digital democracy continues to trouble authoritarian regimes
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Nicholas D. Kristof The New York Times, 23 June 2009
Chinese anti-censorship software is helping Iranians
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Lee Eun-joo Joong Ang Daily, 23 April 2009
Kimchi could heat up Korea’s export volumes
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Ellen Barry The New York Times, 14 April 2009
When movies are an extension of politics by other means
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Fu Qi and Li Huizi China View, 26 March 2009
Chinese shrug about call for a new world order
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Charles Hawley Spiegel Online, 24 March 2009
Social networking tools allow refugees to find loved ones
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Anand Giridharadas The New York Times, 18 March 2009
The internet and other new technologies complicate journalistic duties
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Joseph Chamie YaleGlobal, 18 March 2009
Wildly varying fertility rates among nations threaten global stability
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Christopher Walker The International Herald Tribune, 13 March 2009
British libel law shields any culprits who can afford lawyers
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Rebecca MacKinnon and Evgeny Morozov Project Syndicate, 9 March 2009
Governments can manipulate the internet to limit free speech and dissent
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