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Practice Quiz Chapter 12
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The clear and present danger test emerged from which case?
Schenk v. United States (1919)
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Near v. Minnesota (1931)
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New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
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Roe v. Wade (1973)
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What important ruling emerged from Near v. Minnesota (1931)?
Slander
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Prior restraint
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Libel
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Shield laws
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In the United States, censorship has most often occurred during __________.
wartime
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election cycles
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economic crises
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periods of high terrorist alert
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__________ is a concept based on an Internet that should not discriminate among the types of content that pass through it.
Preferred-position balancing theory
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The equal-time rule
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The fairness doctrine
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Net neutrality
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Which of the following is the principal communications regulatory body at the federal level in the United States?
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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National Regulatory Commission (NRC)
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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The Communications Act of 1934 established regulations based on the notion of __________.
a competitive marketplace
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cultural diversity
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spectrum scarcity
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globalization
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__________ occurs when journalists or other media producers decide not to publish stories on a topic after a journalist has been punished or jailed for such a story.
Censorship
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Sedition
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A chilling effect
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Fair use
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Slander differs from libel because __________.
slander is an attack on a person's character.
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slander is a type of defamation that is spoken.
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libel damages property.
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libel applies exclusively to digital content.
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__________ refers to ideas that have commercial value, such as literary or artistic works, patents, software programs, business methods, and industrial processes.
Intellectual property
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Shield law
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Fairness doctrine
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The fourth estate
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Which of the following was an important achievement of the Radio Act of 1927?
The Federal Radio Commission was created.
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Radio was established as a key mass communication medium.
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Radio stations around the country were consolidated.
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It assigned frequencies and three- and four-letter codes to radio stations.
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