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

Question

1. In Sklair’s formulation, the transnational capitalist class includes the following four fractions:
TNC executives and their local affiliates (corporate fraction); globalizing state and inter-state bureaucrats and politicians (state fraction); globalizing professionals (technical fraction); and merchants and media (consumerist fraction).
2. According to Sklair, the 1980s witnessed an unprecedented increase in the scale and scope of the electronic media of communication, as well as genuine innovations in their nature. He argues “the fact that this is happening within and as a result of capitalist globalization indicates that a qualitatively new relationship between culture and ideology is being forged.
3. Although Hollywood actually produces only a minority of the worldwide total of films and television programmes, its control over marketing and distribution gives it an enormous input onto First World screens.
4. Although Hollywood actually produces only a minority of the worldwide total of films and television programmes, its control over marketing and distribution gives it an enormous input onto Third World screens.

Answer 1

1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE