"As a theoretical construct about immigrant life and identity, transnationalism is well suited to the study of population movements in a world where improved modes of transportation, as well as images transmitted through the means of modern telecommunications have shortened the social distance between countries of origin and destination." An immigrant's ability to adapt to a different nation has become an easier task than before. Customs, practices, religions, political positions and cultures have mixed in many nations to create an almost global civilization in which media and communication through the Internet connect people from all over the world. Societies are no longer a closed entity, forcing migrants to embody a hybrid of different cultures and customs involving their original ethnicity, as well as fragments of other societies that have influenced and transformed them. Online social networks have changed the dynamics of a cultural bond society and transformed it into a multidimensional hybrid of social interaction between strangers, acquaintances and loved ones, making most of the world's population available to you from the comfort of your chair. This form of communication has had enormous effects on how we experience and manage social relationships in our daily interactions. The media has always had the power to transform ideas through what they represent. Most of the media we experience today is part of an overall message that we absorb into our daily lives; our customs, cultural coding, religious opinions and political position. Thanks to satellite television, nations around the world are able to tune into the world on a larger scale, placing each nation under a single umbrella of opinions and viewpoints and...... middle of paper... ... the Republic may share similar views that it represented Anglo culture, Latin culture and Miraflores culture, combined. “The resulting changes in religious ideas and practices in Boston were communicated to Miraflores, as an integral part of the constant exchanges of people, resources, and remittances that connect these communities.” (Levitt 1998: 86) Works Cited International Air Transport Association (IATA), Fact Sheet: World Industry Statistics, www.iata.org.Levitt, P. Local-Level Global Religion: The Case of US-Dominican Migration. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol 37, No 1. Taken from Blackwell Publishing and Society for the Scientific Study of Religion: www.jstor.org. 1998, pages 74 - 89. Tarrow, S. 1998. Power in motion: social movements and contentious politics. Second edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. page 4