Chapter 16 (LEARNSMART QUESTIONS)
Broadcasting licenses are granted to radio and television stations for a period of _________.
Eight Years
In the context of the Communications Act, the rules that emphasize on providing equal facilities and equal opportunity for all legally qualified candidates for the same office are called _______.
Equal Time Rules
In the context of the Communications Act, the rules that emphasize on providing equal facilities and equal opportunity for all legally qualified candidates for the same office are called ________.
Equal Time Rules
What was the major complaint among viewers about the cable industry between 1984 and 1992?
Escalating Cable Rates
The _________, ________, _______ of 1934 provided for the appointment of the Federal Communications Commission, to regulate all telecommunications media.
Federal Communications Act (FCA)
Communication on the Internet is protected by the ________.
First Amendment
Communication on the Internet is protected by the _________.
First Amendment
Members of the Federal Communications Commission are selected by the president, with the approval of the Senate to serve a _______.
Five-year term
The Comprehensive Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 was designed to ______.
Foster the orderly growth of the new medium called cable
The local government that is given the power to grant a cable system the right to operate in a particular area is also known as the _________.
Franchising Authority
Identify the circumstances when the FCC prohibits broadcast licenses from broadcasting false information concerning crimes and catastrophes
If broadcast of the information does in fact directly cuase substantial public harm If the licensee knows that the information is false If it is foreseeable that broadcast of the information will cause substantial public harm.
The complainant is required to provide the FCC with _____ before it starts investigating the complaint regarding the broadcast of indecent program
A significant excerpt of the program in question
In 1985, a U.S. Court of Appeals ruled the must-carry rules as _______.
A violation of the First Amendment
Under Section 315, what is regrded as a "use" by the FCC?
Any presentation or appearance that features a candidate's voice or image
Section 505 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2000 because ________.
It lead to a significant restriction on First Amendment protected speech
The FCC determines television content to be patently offensive based on _______
It's description about sexual or excretory organs
One of the key aspects of the FCC's regulation of children's television programming is _______.
Its limitations on commercials during programming targeting children
Which of the following are included in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) definition of indecency?
Language that describes sexual activities Material that depicts excretory organs
The key powers held by the FCC focus on which of the following activities? (Check all that apply.)
Licensing Regulating programming content Renewal of licenses
The 1984 Cable Act required that every cable operator provide, on request from a subscriber a(n) ________ that permits the subscriber to block out the reception of specific channels
Lock Box
The rules that required al cable operators to re-transmit the signals of all local television stations are called the ________
Must-carry rules
_____ is defined as the total number of television households reached by single entity's station
National Audience Reach
The similarity between the rules focused on personal attacks and political editorials is that both rules ________.
Offer a chance to respond when person is affected by a broadcast
The Congress' rule that required the television manufactures to include microchip nicknamed V-chip _________.
Permits viewers to block out violent TV programing
Radio stations that function without the authorization or license of the FCC are known as __________.
Pirate Radio Stations
The statue of candidate access rule is applicable to _________.
Presidential candidates
In 2014, the FCC defined _______ as language that is so grossly offensive to members of the public who actually hear it as to amount to a nuisance.
Profane Language
Identify the key aspect of the National Broadband Plan.
Reforming current universal service mechanisms to support deployment of broadband in high-cost areas Designing policies to ensure robust competition Ensuring efficient allocation and management of government assets
The Radio Act of 1912 adopted by the federal legislature _______.
Required licensing of all radio transmitters and radio operators
The franchise agreement gives a cable operator the ________
Right to serve customers in a particular area
When the viewers can see and hear portions of the scrambled program it is called a ________.
Signal based
The notion that there are a finite number of frequencies on which to broadcast and, in turn, there are more people who want to broadcast than there are available frequencies is known as ___________, _____________.
Spectrum Scarcity
The 1992 cable law that modified must-carry rules attempted to ______.
Strengthen the position of the local broadcaster
Identify the communication businesses that has been designated as a common carrier by the government
Telephone companies
According to the policy published by the FCC in 2001, Identify the determinations that the FCC is expected to make before finding a broadcast indecent (Check all that apply.)
The material must fall within the subject matter scope of indecency The content must be patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards for the broadcast medium
The horizontal ownership limit imposed by the FCC in 2007 limits _________.
The number of subscribers that a single cable operator may serve to 30% of households nationwide
According to myriad federal, state, and local laws, _______ is considered to be illegal
The sale, distribution, or publication of obscenity
Identify the requirements to be met by a company as per the new cross-ownership rule to be eligible to own a newspaper and a television station in the same city (Check all that apply).
The television station must not be ranked among the top four stations in the market There should at least be eight independent "major media voices" in the market The city should be located in one of the 20 largest markets
An election candidate appearing on TV in a charitable show is considered as _______.
The use of television exposure
Which among the following is an additional obligation on broadcasters that was enforced by the FCC's Fairness Doctrine?
To ensure all significant view points on important public issues were represented
Identify the Purposes behind the legislation of the 1984 Cable Act. (Check all that apply.)
To establish franchise procedures and standards to encourage the growth and development of cable systems To establish a national policy concerning cable communications To institute a process that protects cable operators against unfair denials of renewal by franchising authorities
Identify the true statement about the license renewal process followed by the FCC.
Unless the license holder has seriously fouled up in the preceding eight years, it does not consider new applicants
_______ are the broadcast equivalent of written press releases that masquerade as news.
Video News Releases
The Federal Communication Commission's regulations of broadcast indecency do not include _______.
Violence
As a result of growing number of new media forms, large corporations, and government stated battling over whether public Interest means _______.
Whatever the public wants or whatever the public needs
The Radio Act of 1912 adopted by the federal legislature _____________.
required licensing of all radio transmitters and radio operators
The _______ enables the candidates for federal office to buy airtime on the station to promote their candidacies.
Candidate access rule
Identify the responsibilities of broadcasters toward people (Check all that apply)
Convenience Necessity Public Interest
The term _______ refers to high-speed Internet access that is always on and allows more content, such as streaming media and voice to be transmitted.
Broadband
The FCC on its web page titled Complaints About Broadcast Journalism states that _________.
Broadcasters may not intentionally distort the news
Identify the criteria that the FCC uses to determine if a candidate's press conference is exempt from the equal opportunity provision (Check all that apply)
Whether, in the good faith determination of the broadcaster, it is a bona fide news event Whether the conference is broadcast live Whether there is evidence of broadcaster favoritism or bias towards a candidate
