media and society exam 7

Which one of the following will you not see on a Saudi Arabian broadcast of The Simpsons?

Homer drinking a Duff Beer

The American surrogate service transmitting into Cuba is Radio and Television

Marti.

In international broadcasting, an operation established by one country to substitute for another's own domestic service is called

a surrogate service

When a media outlet distributes content with knowledge of its falsity or a reckless disregard for the truth, it has acted with

actual malice

Proponents of the global village consider a benefit to be all except which of the following?

all cultures viewing only American content

Those against the global village say that a negative consequence will be

all global content coming from a small handful of firms.

The normative theory that calls for the subjugation of media for the purpose of serving the government is the _____________ concept.

authoritarian

In 1981 in ______, the Supreme Court determined that television cameras in the courtroom were not inherently damaging to fairness, and different states have since adopted different standards on the issue.

chandler v florida

Because freedom of the press can be limited if the likely result is damaging, there is no absolute freedom of expression in the case of

clear and present danger

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.

Which of the following theories argues that people experience a kind of mental discomfort when confronted with new information, and as a result, they consciously and subconsciously work to limit or reduce that discomfort?

dissonance theory

_____________ is the belief that cultural products made in another country can influence or displace indigenous cultural productions, artifacts, and media to the detriment of the receiving nations.

electronic colonialism theory

A reporter's commitment to equity is how well he or she affords the subjects in a story as much self-respect as possible.

false

Advertising provides the primary source of financial support for Britain's BBC.

false

Content that is purely entertainment, such as a fun summer movie, does not enjoy First Amendment protection because it is totally commercial in its intent, and therefore, not of "the press."

false

Most media professionals favor licensing of media practitioners if it will produce higher standards of operation.

false

Those who hold the absolutist position on the First Amendment are willing to make an exception when it comes to control of offensive and indecent content.

false

The daily time and cost demands of U.S. journalism result in newspapers and broadcasts composed of a large number of brief, capsulated stories with little room for perspective and context, resulting in ______ news.

fragmented

The Supreme Court, in its decision in ______, stated that the First Amendment was "among the fundamental personal rights and liberties protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment from impairment by the states." Given that, "Congress shall make no law" is now interpreted as "government agencies shall make no law."

gitlow v. new york

Originated by Marshall McLuhan, the ________ is the idea that new communication technology will permit people to become increasingly involved in one another's lives.

global village

Proponents of the free flow of mass communication across borders support the _______Blank, the idea that globalization inevitably and for the better allows the existence of traces of many cultures in every culture.

hybridization hypothesis

The mass society theory idea that media are a dangerous drug, or a killing force that directly and immediately penetrates a person's system, is summed up in the

hypodermic needle theory

The false and malicious publication of material that damages a person's reputation (typically applied to print media) is

libel

During the _____ era of mass communication theory, the media were believed to be corrupting influences that undermined the social order, and "average" people were considered defenseless against their influence.

mass society theory

A culture's fundamental values are its

metaethics

Media effects on individuals are said to be

micro-level effects

Illegally operated radio stations broadcasting to English audiences from offshore or foreign facilities during the 1960s were called

pirate station

Radio Caroline and Radio Veronica are examples of

pirate stations.

The view of mass media as central to the maintenance of society over time and the representation of shared beliefs is the ______ perspective.

ritual

Legislation that expressly protects reporters' rights to maintain sources' confidentiality in court is called a

shield law

As countries across the globe come to fear American domination of their digital infrastructures they will inevitably create an Internet fragmented and divided along national lines, a

splinternet

The ______ government ruled that inserting commercial breaks into televised movies at particularly dramatic moments compromises the integrity of the film and is punishable by fine.

swedish

Among the world's leading 46 democracies, the news media in ______ are the least trusted by their citizens.

the US

Which of the following theories argues that media do not tell us what to think, but what to think about?

the agenda setting theory

Which of the following theories explains how people's attitudes are formed, shaped, and changed through communication and how those attitudes influence behavior?

the attitude change theory

Clandestine broadcasting truly flowered during

the cold war

Before they develop the intellectual and critical capacity to know what is not real, children confront the world in all its splendor and vulgarity through television. Television-effects researchers call this

the early window

Among the regulatory requirements that disappeared during the broadcast deregulation movement of the Reagan administration is ______, which required broadcasters to cover issues of public importance and to be fair in that coverage.

the fairness doctrine

The Chinese media system is based on that of

the former soviet union

When adults consume entertainment media, they intentionally accept as real what is put before them. This is known as

the willing suspension of disbelief

Mass communication ______ are explanations and predictions of social phenomena that attempt to relate mass communication to various aspects of our personal and cultural lives or social systems.

theories

The Supreme Court turned the ________ analogy against NBC, declaring that the FCC had the right to judge content.

traffic cop

Democracy requires a free press.

true

In the free-press-fair-trial debate, the First and Sixth Amendments conflict.

true

Slander typically applies to the false and malicious publication of material that damages a person's reputation.

true

The libertarian model of press control is based on the self-righting principle.

true

When a social media site removes the pages of a group that consistently violates its terms of use that group has been deplatformed.

true

Which of the following theories argues that media don't do things to people; rather, people do things with media?

uses and gratifications theory

Britain's external service is the

BBC

Radio came to China via an American reporter named _____________, who established an experimental radio station there in 1923.

E. C. Osborn