Part 1 True or False /5

For each statement identify if it is true or false

each question is worth 0.5

1.

Thompson argues that clock time became prevalent because its rhythms correspond to

our human needs and interests

2. Latin was a vernacular administrative language that was popularized by the printing press

Post-colonial scholars are likely to support international institutions such as the World

Trade Organization.

3.

4. Modernist theorists are more likely to use transmission theories of communication

5. Universities are institutions of knowledge production created to support ongoing

colonialism

6. The industrial revolution in Europe was financed by wealth acquired through colonial

pursuits

7. Western modernity has been a peaceful and politically neutral history of technological

development and adoption

8. the first circulating news papers were tabloid like gossip columns

9. The problem of underdevelopment is presented by modernization theorists as a reason to

intervene in the third world

10. Innis was concerned with the dangers of the intrusion of one culture on other cultures