Cmcn 350 Test 4

Front 1

The _______ justifies broadcasting coming under congressional jurisdiction.

Back 1

Interstate commerce clause

Front 2

The FCC functions in a _________...

Back 2

combination of legislative, executive, and judicial roles.

Front 3

Complaints from the _________ is a method the FCC relys on to ensure that stations are operating in the public interest.

Back 3

general public

Front 4

Revocation of license penalties are _____ used by the FCC

Back 4

least

Front 5

In 1997, the Supreme Court upheld the ________, finding that the protection of over-the-air broadcasting was an important government interest.

Back 5

must-carry provisions

Front 6

To stimulate local competition in the multi-channel video market, Congress removed the ban on cable/telco cross-ownership in the ________.

Back 6

Telecommunications Act of 1996

Front 7

Since 1980, many regulations have been abandoned in deregulatory moves, and those regulations remaining are usually ______ regulations.

Back 7

Structural

Front 8

FCC deregulatory policy is based on the concept that _______, not the government, should decide which new technologies survive in the marketplace.

Back 8

Competition

Front 9

In press law, ________ concerns the right of news personnel to withhold the identity of news sources and to refuse to surrender personal notes.

Back 9

Reporters' privilege

Front 10

The First Amendment was designed to _________

Back 10

Prohibit government censorship

Front 11

One of the main arguments justifiying additional regulations imposed on broadcasting (as opposed) is _______

Back 11

Channel scarcity

Front 12

In the 1964 Times vs. Sullivan case, the Supreme Court ruled that criticism of public officials is protected by the ______

Back 12

First amendment

Front 13

In cases of invasion of privacy, entering someone's home without his or her permission ______ the right to physical solitude.

Back 13

violates

Front 14

In the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision on obscenity (Miller vs California) directed agencies to apply ___________ in judging obscenity.

Back 14

local community standards

Front 15

The Red Lion decision affirmed the ___________

Back 15

Fairness Doctrine

Front 16

In 1987, key congressional legislators strongly ______ elimination of the Fairness Doctrine.

Back 16

opposed

Front 17

In dealing with a Fairness Doctrine demand for access to editorial advertising, the Supreme Court stated that broadcast stations retain the right to exercise editorial ______.

Back 17

judgement

Front 18

Congress enacted specific program requirements in 1990 for ______

Back 18

children's television

Front 19

The ______________ states that all candidates for the same office must be treated alike by broadcasters.

Back 19

equal-opportunities provision (Section 315)

Front 20

If a political candidate were to appear on a regularly scheduled interview or talk program are exempt from ________

Back 20

Section 315

Front 21

_________ allow radio stations to unlimited airplay use of any music in the licensing agency's catalog

Back 21

Blanket licenses

Front 22

Media as privately owned profit motivated businesses would best describe a ________ approach to broadcasting.

Back 22

Libertarian

Front 23

The ______ type of broadcasting system is most concerned with molding public opinion and providing for the ideological, moral, and aesthetic education of the masses.

Back 23

Authoritarian

Front 24

The international organization concerned with technical standards and spectrum allocation is the ______________.

Back 24

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Front 25

The type of national broadcasting system that seems to have yielded the best results in terms of services to the public can be characterized as _______.

Back 25

Pluralistic