Chapter 7 Practice Quiz

The Formation of Public Policy
. Public policy in mass communication is established by ________.

. Public policy is designed to protect the interests of ________.

. Copyright laws are believed to have originated in which century?

. All but which of the following emerged from government commissions on communication?

. ________ was a vocal advocate of copyright protections.

. The Aird Commission recommended that ________.

. Canada's first national public broadcasting company was called ________.

. Which of the following themes was raised by the Aird Commission, which persists even today in communication policy development in Canada?

. Canada's post-war nationalism of the 1950s and early 1960s was replaced in the 1970s and 1980s by ________.

. Massey-Lévesque introduced ________ to the cultural debate, a topic that has become central to policy discussions in our time.

. The Fowler Commission of 1956-1957 studied ________.

. The Fowler report acknowledged that Canadian broadcasting had to be ________.

. The Fowler Commission supported state regulation of broadcasting in Canada for each of the following reasons except ________.

. Public consultations on policy issues least often attract ________.

. Which of the following was conspicuously absent from the Applebaum-Hebert report but was characteristic of the Aird, Massey-Levesque and Fowler reports?

. Digital Canada 150 does not address the priority of ________.

. The idea that market regulation is substituted for government regulation in sectors such as communications is called ________.

. The "Creative Canada" policy framework primarily ________.

. Mass communication is a predominantly unstructured activity.

. In Canada, public policy is developed exclusively by government commissions.

. According to the Aird Commission, the medium of radio was perceived as an instrument of national purpose.

. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was Canada's first radio broadcaster.

. Massey-Lévesque rejected the federal government's initial cultural interventions.

. The Massey-Lévesque report considered cultural expression as the search for essence, or for a 'Canadian spirit'.

. Fowler hinted at a new force in the communications policy debate: economics.

. Applebaum-Hébert maintained state governance as a central tenet.

. The Applebaum-Hebert report accepted and furthered the protectionist stance against American cultural products coming into Canada.

. The cultural policy documents discussed in this chapter perceive the United States as a positive influence on Canadian mass communication.

. The term "deregulation" is misleading because it implies that the free market is not a form of regulation.

. Provincial governments develop policy that is particular to their needs, with Quebec being the most obvious example.

. Canada supports universal free speech, even including speech that might promote violence or hatred toward identifiable groups.

. Due to their immense popularity with audiences, there is little pressure to require foreign online media companies like Netflix to adhere to the same taxation and financing rules as traditional Canadian media companies.

. The US domination of the Canadian media marketplace currently concerns policy analysts much more than the Canadian government or Canadian audiences.

. Increased diversity in the Canadian media audience, along with the need for reconciliation with Canada's Indigenous peoples requires more flexible and inclusive communications policies.

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