Exam 7: Democracy, Freedom of Speech, and Freedom of the Press

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Match each term with the correct statement below. -a company that functions as a trusted agent of the public for a valuable resource

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Provide an example of unprotected dangerous speech.

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The standard example is yelling "fire!" in a crowded theater. Other examples include such things as posting incorrect speed limits on a highway or certifying contaminated water is pure.

In the middle years of the 20th century, the Federal Communications Commission and the United States Supreme Court regularly made decisions based on the affirmative interpretations of the ____ Amendment.

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The ____ obligation required cable systems operators to carry, free of charge, the signals of local commercial and noncommercial educational public broadcast television stations located on the same cable channels as their broadcast channels.

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The ____ test consists of three criteria for obscene materials.

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What are the implications of treasonous speech?

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Provide an example that explains what is meant by the concept of prior restraint of speech or of the press.

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The ____________________ Act of 1994 involved a complex set of regulations and definitions pertaining to telecommunications services.

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What do we mean by the term filtering?

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____ is a very simple program that removes copy protection from a DVD.

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Match each term with the correct statement below. -a doctrine with a long history going back to English common law

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In May of 2000, a French court ruled that ____ was in violation of French law because one of its Web sites allowed auctions of Nazi memorabilia.

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American courts have ruled that the program that removes copy protection from a DVD violates the ____.

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What is the SLAPS test?

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Match each term with the correct statement below. -examples include the Internet and television

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What is the affirmative interpretation of the First Amendment?

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____ communications can easily be blocked because such traffic is sent via a specific Internet port.

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Match each term with the correct statement below. -a view of the First Amendment that holds that it prevents the government from acting in matters related to speech and press

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What is the negative interpretation of the First Amendment?

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Adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in 1949, the ____________________ doctrine required broadcast licenses to function as fiduciaries for the public interest.

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