JOUR303 FINAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024/2025 UPDATED

JOUR303 FINAL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2024/2025 UPDATED
_______________________ is/are types of speech that with no First Amendment
protection.
A. Obscenity
B. Pornography
C. Extortion
D. Pornography and Extortion
E. Obscenity and Extortion
E. Obscenity and Extortion
The Supreme Court of the United States has declared the hard-core class of
expression, called obscenity, to be without First Amendment protection. This is
based on solid evidence of its harmful effects. (TRUE OR FALSE)
false
The Supreme Court's ___________________ test is a _________________test for
defining obscenity.
A. Miller; four-part
B. Central Hudson; three-part
C. Central Hudson; four-part
D. Miller; three-part
D. Miller; three-part
The first part of the test for defining obscenity will be applied with the most
sensitive (e.g., most easily offended) people in mind. (TRUE OR FALSE)
false
The first part of the test for defining obscenity will be applied with local members
of the community in mind. (TRUE OR FALSE)
true
The last part of the test for defining obscenity will be applied with local members
of the community in mind. (TRUE OR FALSE)
false
Child pornography may be banned regardless of whether it is obscene according
to the test for defining obscenity. (TRUE OR FALSE)
true
Most state obscenity statutes, including South Carolina's, target the production,
distribution, selling and exhibition of such materials but not the possession of
such materials. (TRUE OR FALSE)
true
Obscenity arrests and prosecutions occur frequently in most states. (TRUE OR
FALSE)
false
Material that is acceptable for inclusion in print media may sometimes be
prohibited from being disseminated via broadcast media. (TRUE OR FALSE)

, true
Another name for "broadcast media is "point-to-point" communications. (TRUE
OR FALSE)
false (point-to-point= spoken directly to one particular person)
From a legal perspective, one of the most significant aspects of the radio
spectrum is its __________________.
A. ability to carry communications at the speed of light.
B. unlimited availability
C. ability to carry communications for thousands of miles.
D. limited availability
D. limited availability
The Federal Trade Commission is the primary regulator of broadcast media.
(TRUE OR FALSE)
false (federal communications commission)
The Communications Act of 1934 gave rise to the _____________________.
A. Federal Communications Commission
B. Federal Communications Cooperative
C. Federal Trade Commission
D. Federal Trade Cooperative
A. Federal Communications Commission
The primary justification for the type of regulation that the FCC does is known as
the ____________________:
A. scarcity rationale
B. abundance rationale
C. none of the above
D. fluctuating signal rationale
A. scarcity rationale
The broadcast media are subject to more regulation than are the print media.
(TRUE OR FALSE)
true
A broadcast license lasts for _________ years and ________ be renewed when it
expires:
A. eight; may
B. eight; may not
C. ten; may
D. ten; may not
A. eight; may
The "equal opportunities rule" is sometimes also called the "fairness doctrine."
(TRUE OR FALSE)
false
- The Fairness Doctrine was a policy of the United States Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, that required the holders of broadcast licenses
both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that
was — in the Commission's view — honest, equitable, and balanced.- The equal-time
rule specifies that U.S. radio and television broadcast stations must provide an
equivalent opportunity to any opposing political candidates who request it.