Exam 11: The Communications Act, Licensing, and Structural Regulation

In the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Congress maintained a national audience cap for commercial television owners by raising it to __________ percent of the television homes in the country.

Describe how five of these other laws affect electronic mass media: international treaties, press law, advertising regulation, lottery laws, and equal employment opportunity regulations.

Provisions of the 1992 cable act amendments included

The first set of substantive rules removed from the FCC's books focused on

Few people who complain to the FCC about broadcast programs realize that their complaints may be discarded because they ask the Commission to violate the First Amendment by censoring material that the writers personally dislike.

About 98 percent of all license-renewal applications are

Franchises for cable systems are issued by __________ authority.

In a "report and order," the FCC issues a request for preliminary comment and research on a regulatory policy it is investigating.

Which of the following penalties is least used by the FCC?