Looking at the Internet and global English(es) through the lens of language socialization and the case
study presented in this article, we need to ask the question of how global practices of English on the
Internet intersect with local practices of English in the territorial or national spheres. In other words, at the
same time as we engage in macro-analysis of the neocolonial and hegemonic power of English as a global
language (e.g., Pennycook, 1998; Phillipson, 1992) to deconstruct the popular discourse of the spread of
English as politically neutral, inevitable, and ultimately benevolent (Crystal, 1997) -- the analysis and
exposure of which is of critical importance -- it also behooves us to devote attention to the ethnographic
study of the ways in which English is practiced in different global media. When considered in relation to