Quiz 4

Question 0

Although it consists of many legal components, libel may generally be described as the publication or broadcast of _______

Answer 0

a statement that injures someone’s reputation in the community

Question 1

What professions might be involved in a libel suit

Answer 1

Advertising copyrighter
Public relations representative
online journalist

Question 2

Defendants named in a SLAPP suit often involve _____

Answer 2

Citizens/groups who criticize a company’s operations or conduct

Question 3

Five elements that a plaintiff must successfully demonstrate in a libel suit against the mass media are:

Answer 3

publication, identification, defamation, falsity, and fault

Question 4

If not used accurately, what categories may result in defamatory meaning?

Answer 4

Sexual promiscuity, personal habits and traits, and ridicule

Question 5

What is one of the five items a plaintiff must prove in a libel suit?

Answer 5

Truth

Question 6

Rhetorical hyperbole is a libel defense that:

Answer 6

May be invoked if the defamatory language used is so outlandish that a reasonable reader or listener realizes it’s an opinion and not to be take as statements of fact

Question 7

Negligence applies as the fault requirement when libel plaintiffs are:

Answer 7

Private persons

Question 8

Actual malice applies as the fault requirement to all:

Answer 8

public officials, all-purpose public officials, limited0purpose public officials.

Question 9

If an elected official, such as a city council memer, makes a defamatory remark during an official part of a public hearing, that city council member is:

Answer 9

protected under ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE

Question 10

Under section 230 the communication decency act, interactive computer service providers are protect from liability for their users defamatory comments

Answer 10

true

Question 11

______ is a defense against libel that protects those who report information from public records or proceedings later alleged to be defamatory

Answer 11

Fair reporting

Question 12

_____ protects those who report impartial and accurate representations of allegations made by a responsible party or organization against a public official

Answer 12

neutral reportage

Question 13

Which of the following was part of the rationale behind the ruling in New York Times vs. Sullivan?

Answer 13

Officers of the government should expect their performance to be scrutinized and criticized by the public

Question 14

A person who willingly provides information for publication to photography or videotaping is an example of what defense to invasion of privacy?

Answer 14

consent

Question 15

In a one party consent state, it is legal to record a conversation without informing all parties

Answer 15

true

Question 16

_____ only protects against physical invasion of property

Answer 16

Trespass

Question 17

Right of publicity is the appropriation of name or likeness of another for commercial rather than informational purposes

Answer 17

true

Question 18

If a celebrity like Lady Gaga, who earns a living based upon her image, wishes to file an appropriation claim, she will probably assert:

Answer 18

right to publicity violation

Question 19

There is a limited expectation of privacy in someone’s home

Answer 19

false

Question 20

There is a full expectation of privacy in a public place

Answer 20

false

Question 21

What is a defense to privacy?

Answer 21

Consent, newsworthiness, public documents

Question 22

Elements of false light

Answer 22

Information published must be offensive to a reasonable person, publisher of the material must be at fault, must be believable

Question 23

All party states forbid recording unless both parties agree

Answer 23

true

Question 24

Privacy laws protect people from

Answer 24

emotional distress

Question 25

South Carolina is a _____ state

Answer 25

one party state

Question 26

Publishing or broadcasting information that is available in a public record is an example of what defense to invasion of privacy?

Answer 26

public document

Question 27

As a journalist, covering the victim of a crime may noto be considered an invasion of privacy based on what defense to invasion of privacy?

Answer 27

newsworthiness