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The end of the Cold War in 1991 was widely seen in the West as the triumph of a specific model. Political theorist Francis Fukuyama famously proclaimed “the end of history” (1992), suggesting the ultimate victory of liberal democracy and market capitalism. However, this perspective largely overlooked the aspirations of the majority of the world’s population. Three decades later, it is clear that the story of globalization is not one of Western triumph but of global evolution. The central dynamic is no longer the spread of a single model but its reinvention by the nations of the Global South. By…

By Subhash Dhuliya The West’s two centuries of global dominance were a historical exception. For most of history, Asia — particularly China and India — accounted for the majority of global output. The “rise of the rest” is not disruption but restoration- Kishore Mahbubani, Singapore’s former foreign minister and author. The world has reached an inflection point. For three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, globalization — led by liberal democracies and free markets — appeared unstoppable. Trade expanded, capital flowed across borders, and a seemingly universal consumer culture spread from Hollywood to Hong Kong. For…

The Internet has democratized access to information but in so doing has opened the floodgates to misinformation, fake news, and rank propaganda masquerading as dispassionate analysis. To investigate how people determine the credibility of digital information, we sampled 45 individuals: 10 Ph.D. historians, 10 professional fact checkers, and 25 Stanford University undergraduates. We observed them as they evaluated live websites and searched for information on social and political issues. Historians and students often fell victim to easily manipulated features of websites, such as official-looking logos and domain names. They read vertically, staying within a website to evaluate its reliability. In…

“It could be said that Instagram is the great classifieds ad of a deindustrialized economy, and that in this economy, scams and pyramid schemes are treated as decent and natural things” Instagram has birthed a peculiar economic model, one where influencers amass billions without tangibly advancing societal development, wealth, or wisdom. Purchasing a refrigerator, a car, or a tractor serves clear purposes: they enhance quality of life or productivity, embodying the tangible benefits of an industrial economy. In contrast, spending on an influencer’s life coaching or miracle dietary supplements—often imported cheaply from abroad—relies on little more than persuasive rhetoric. Instagram,…

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By Conrad Hackett, Marcin Stonawski, Yunping Tong, Stephanie Kramer, Anne Shi, and Dalia Fahmy Muslims grew fastest; Christians lagged behind global population increase The world’s population expanded from 2010 to 2020, and so did most religious groups, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of more than 2,700 censuses and surveys. Christians remained the world’s biggest religious group. But Christians (of all denominations, counted as one group) did not keep pace with global population growth from 2010 to 2020. The number of Christians rose by 122 million, reaching 2.3 billion. Yet, as a share of the world’s population, Christians fell…

Subhash Dhuliya The first phase of the information and technological revolution was marked by the integration of computers, telecommunications, and satellites. A networked global “village” emerged, giving people access to diverse sources of news and information. The Internet opened numerous platforms for political, social, and cultural interactions. There was great optimism that information would be democratized through this new medium. For a time, this seemed to be the case. However, with the rise of global information giants, the democratization process began to reverse. Today, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft hold vast amounts of user data—so much so that these…

Prof. Ujjwal K Chowdhury This is a compilation of almost all possible applications, concepts and AI Tools emerging and needed today in the various domains of media and communication if we have to be futuristic and efficient. This compilation along with short explanation of each, is provided by Prof Ujjwal K Chowdhury, a researcher in the domain of Media Convergence. Media Convergence: Media convergence refers to the merging of various media forms, technologies, and platforms into a unified and interactive experience. It involves the integration of traditional and digital media, breaking down silos between different communication channels. This convergence is…