Cases of local communities using modern technology to preserve and revive their traditions
A. are examples of hidden ethnocide.
B. are becoming more common.
C. contradict Gramsci's theory of hegemony.
D. are becoming increasingly rare, due to the ballooning cost of the technologies involved.
E. suggest that modern technology is always an agent of cultural imperialism.
Answer: B
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