TFM 330 Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024/2025

TFM 330 Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 Being in the business of providing content to audience while selling those audiences to advertisers is a defining characteristic of - ANSWERSmedia sector Appealing to the Investment Community - ANSWERSInvestment community generally sees greater income potential in technology sector than media sector. Communications Decency Act - ANSWERSfailed 1996 and 1999 laws to keep indecent content off the internet -US struggled whether to treat internet as akin to telephone, newspaper, or tv/radio -Internet had far reaching and legal and policy implications Essence of section 230 of Telecommunications act of 1996 - ANSWERS-Provides platforms such as search engines, ISPs, soc media sites with broad protection from legal liability for any of the 3rd party speech they host, curate, or distribute -Soc med plat and dig content curators are sheltered from many neg obligations-like to police/protect against circulation from various types of speech assoc with med comp or info content providers". "Pub interest obligations" - ANSWERS-Providing subscribers w/ access to minimum levels of public, educational, and government programming -Minimum levels of locally produced programming -Providing broadband access to schools and libs -Providing political candidates w ability to advertise on these platforms at reduced rates Classification as a media company in realm of elec media means - ANSWERS-has historically meant more intensive gov oversight in the form of affirmative obligations to serve public interest and more stringent regulation in areas such as concentration of ownership