Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. During the Arab Spring protests and revolutions of 2011, social and mobile media were used both as a source of news about the protests and as an organizing tool for the protestors.
2. According to Marshall McLuhan, our media industry makes the world seem to be a smaller and more limited place.
3. The French newspaper Charlie Hebdo was attacked by terrorists after it ran an in-depth exposé on corruption the Syrian government.
4. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government shuts down access to the Internet anytime opposition protests are held.
5. According to the 2018 World Press Freedom Index, the United States is one of the top three countries in the world for freedom of the press.


1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. False

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