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Seditious libel laws in Colonial America made it illegal to |
| | A) | hold a publisher in contempt |
| | B) | criticize freedom of speech |
| | C) | criticize the government or political leaders |
| | D) | censor the press |
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The Comstock Act, passed in 1873 was written to regulate |
| | A) | big business monopolies |
| | B) | obscenity |
| | C) | how the media could advertise |
| | D) | political ads |
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Intrusion is the area of privacy law that |
| | A) | protects against the disclosure of embarrassing personal information not essential to a news story |
| | B) | prevents the press from unauthorized entry into homes and other places when gathering news |
| | C) | says that a person's image and name can't be used without permission, except in reporting news |
| | D) | forbids false documentation that injures the reputation of an individual |
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The Fairness Doctrine required that |
| | A) | if a broadcast station permitted one legally qualified candidate for office to use its facility, it must allow all other legally qualified candidates for that office to do so |
| | B) | broadcasters provide airtime for the discussion of important public issues and that all viewpoints on these issues were covered |
| | C) | networks could not exert certain powers over their affiliates, and limited the number of local stations a network could own |
| | D) | network news could not express an endorsement of a political candidate, or make more favorable statements about one, than it did about his or her opponents |
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One effect of the government's process of deregulation was |
| | A) | the FTC stopping ads it considered false and misleading |
| | B) | the breakup of NBC's two networks |
| | C) | media conglomerations becoming bigger. |
| | D) | a removal of many obscenity laws as unconstitutional |
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The Supreme Court found the Communications Decency Act of 1996 unconstitutional because |
| | A) | it did not protect the privacy of Internet users from hackers |
| | B) | it did not provide the Internet the same kind of freedom as print media enjoyed |
| | C) | it ignored the standards of decency that had been established for TV and radio |
| | D) | all of these |
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The USA PATRIOT Act gives |
| | A) | veterans the right to receive special treatment at hospitals |
| | B) | United States citizens additional rights over immigrants |
| | C) | the federal government expanded rights to gain access to personal and private communications |
| | D) | the United States an additional holiday |
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Satire and comedy are protected from libel suits because |
| | A) | statements contained in them are privileged |
| | B) | their ideas are always true |
| | C) | they always appear in a transitory form such as speech |
| | D) | they are forms of fair comment |
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The fair use doctrine allows |
| | A) | purchasers of copyrighted work to own a facsimile and sell it or rent it out |
| | B) | copyright owners may make and distribute copies of that work for a specified period |
| | C) | copyrighted work to be copied by others for non-commercial use, with some conditions |
| | D) | none of these |
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Shield laws are designed to protect |
| | A) | personal privacy |
| | B) | intellectual property rights |
| | C) | confidentiality of news sources |
| | D) | all of these |
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Which of the following is an exclusive right to manufacture, use or sell an invention for a specified number of years? |
| | A) | trademark |
| | B) | patent |
| | C) | copyright |
| | D) | registration |
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The Freedom of Information Act is a federal law to ensure |
| | A) | open public meetings |
| | B) | confidentiality of news sources |
| | C) | open federal documents |
| | D) | open corporate business records |
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Which of the following would be protected by the First Amendment? |
| | A) | avoiding the draft |
| | B) | political comments |
| | C) | the right to privacy |
| | D) | a person's reputation |
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Copyright law |
| | A) | protects the ideas of the creator of a work |
| | B) | states that a work must carry the copyright sign to be protected |
| | C) | entitles the owner of a work to make and distribute reproductions of it |
| | D) | allows the buyers of a facsimile of a work to make copies and sell or rent them |
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One solution to prejudicial publicity interfering with a trial is _________________, in which a judge warns jurors not to read, watch, or listen to news reports, and to consider only the evidence presented in the courtroom. |
| | A) | a gag order |
| | B) | admonition |
| | C) | sequestering |
| | D) | a continuance |
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