Law And Ethics

Question 1

Law

Answer 1

A binding custom or practice of a community

Question 2

The first amendment

Answer 2

Provides the constitutional basis for media law

Question 3

Fourteenth amendment

Answer 3

Says that state and local governments can’t do anything that tramples on the rights given to us by the federal government

Question 4

Abridge

Answer 4

To reduce in scope or diminish

Question 5

The standards to abridge freedom of press

Answer 5

No political bias
It must be applicable to everyone
There must be substantial or significant government interest
There must be ample alternatives for communication to take place

Question 6

Allowable abridgments

Answer 6

Obscenity 
Copyright 
Commercial speech
National security
Military ops 
Clear and present danger to public safety

Question 7

Ethics

Answer 7

The study of how people do behave and how people should behave

Question 8

Golden rule

Answer 8

Love your neighbor as yourself

Question 9

Hedonism

Answer 9

Doing whatever will give you pleasure without worrying about the future

Question 10

Golden mean

Answer 10

Ethics lies in the middle of two extremes

Question 11

Categorical imperative

Answer 11

Right is always right, wrong is always wrong

Question 12

Utilitarianism

Answer 12

What will do the greatest good for the greatest number of people

Question 13

Veil of ignorance

Answer 13

All are equal

Question 14

Media ethics

Answer 14

Philosophical study of morality in the context of media institutions and professional practice

Question 15

U.S Supreme Court

Answer 15

Final interpreter of the law

Question 16

Prior restraint

Answer 16

Government restrictions of speech before the speech is made

Question 17

Prior review

Answer 17

Government requirement that speech be approved prior to being made

Question 18

Obscenity

Answer 18

Material that deals with sex in a manner appealing to the prurient interest

Question 19

Pornography

Answer 19

The presentation of sexually explicit behavior, as in photograph, intended to arouse sexual excitement

Question 20

Miller test

Answer 20

The average person, applying current standards of the community, would have to find that the work in its entirety reflects an obsessive interest in sex.

Question 21

Copyright

Answer 21

The legal protection of an authors right to work

Question 22

Fair use

Answer 22

Any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work.

Question 23

Commercial speech

Answer 23

Messages that are designed to sell you products or services

Question 24

Espionage and sedition acts

Answer 24

Allowed censorship of print and then broadcasting

Question 25

Clear and present danger

Answer 25

Expression can be limited only when words will create a clear and present danger that will bring about substantive evils. Must be imminent.

Question 26

National security

Answer 26

Prior restraint allowable when national security of US is at stake. Narrowly defined because of the Pentagon Papers