Specific characteristics examined in this report include:
-Newspaper circulation, radios, television per capita, 1970 to 1997;
-Internet use, 1995 to 2002; and
-Tourism
This is part of a larger "Global Social Change Report". The authors note" "Communication and travel reflect the potential for interactions within and among cultures, and thus can be seen as mechanisms of cultural change. TV, radio, newspapers, internet and tourism can make it possible for one society to know about another. If societies know something about other cultures, they can see what is possible for their own, or what to avoid." By Gene Shackman, Xun (George) Wang, Ya-Lin Liu. May 2003.