Quiz 13, Chapter 15
Among America's external services is _____________, which attempts to improve the image of the U.S. in the Middle East.
Al-Hurra
The normative theory that calls for the subjugation of media for the purpose of serving the government is the _____________concept.
Authoritarian
Britain's external service is the:
BBC
The external broadcast services of the United States are under the administration of the _____________, whose members were appointed by the president.
Board of International Broadcasting
In 1962, the U.S. Congress established _____________ to coordinate ownership and operation of America's communications satellite system.
COMSAT
Great Britain does not have a First Amendment similar to that of the United States, allowing the government to practice prior restraint by making an officially issued notice, called a:
D-notice
Radio came to China via an American reporter named _____________, who established an experimental radio station there in 1923.
E.C. Osborn
T/F: Advertising provides the primary source of financial support for Britain's BBC.
False
T/F: Newspapers are a crucial mass medium in China because they can "reach" places inaccessible to television.
False
T/F: The world's most respected external service is the VOA.
False
In 1980, UNESCO issued its report, the _____________, on the question of maintaining national and cultural sovereignty in the face of the rapid globalization of mass media.
MacBride Report
The American surrogate service transmitting into Cuba is Radio and Television:
Marti
The normative theory characterized by media attempting to end government monopoly over information, facilitate the organization of opposition to the incumbent powers, destroy the legitimacy of a standing government, and bring down a standing government is the _____________ concept.
Revolutionary
The satellite revolution began with the launch in 1957 of _____________, the first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth.
Sputnik
T/F: Even though Korea is one of the United States' most loyal international friends, it still limits the number of American movies it imports each year.
True
T/F: Great Britain's media system operates under the Western concept of media.
True
T/F: Prior restraint is allowed in Great Britain.
True
The normative theory, the _____________ concept, is based on two realities of media operation: there is no completely free (libertarian) media system on Earth; and even in the most commercially driven systems, there exists not only the expectation of public service and responsibility but also significant communication-related activities of government to ensure that media professionals meet those responsibilities.
Western
China makes extensive use of _____________, centrally located loudspeakers—for example, in a town square—to deliver political and educational broadcasts.
Wired Radio
The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS):
a surrogate service
The study of different countries' mass media systems is called:
comparative analysis
Many countries, especially developing countries lacking sufficient resources to create their own quality media fare, fear that U.S. cultural values will overwhelm and displace those of their own lands, a process known as:
cultural imperialism
The normative theory in which government and media work in partnership to ensure that media assist in the planned beneficial development of the country is the _____________ concept.
development
A clandestine broadcast operation that operates outside the region into which it transmits is an:
exogenous station
Many countries maintain broadcasting services, called _____________, that are designed to counter the propaganda of rival nations and disseminate information about themselves.
external services
Before the Chinese government allowed commercial advertising, the means by which it funded its broadcasting system was:
government subsidies
In Great Britain, the BBC is funded by _____________ based on the number of receivers people have in their homes.
license fees
Illegally operated radio stations broadcasting to English audiences from offshore or foreign facilities during the 1960s were called:
pirate stations
Radio Caroline and Radio Veronica are examples of:
pirate stations
Limits on advertising and other public service requirements imposed on Britain's commercial broadcasters in exchange for the right to broadcast constitute broadcasters':
public service remit
The American broadcasting service established during World War II and the Cold War to deliver Department of Defense internal information and radio and television programming services to overseas Department of Defense personnel and their families is:
the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS)
The Chinese media system is based on that of:
the former Soviet Union
The primary purpose of the Soviet's Sputnik satellite was:
to beat the US into space