JMC 4813-Media Law Test 2 Question and answers verified to pass
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JMC 4813-Media Law Test 2 Question and answers verified to pass
The most important parts of what the First Amendment says, for the purposes of this class. - correct answer "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech and the press"
Basic origins of why American founders wrote...
JMC 4813-Media Law Test 2 Question
and answers verified to pass
The most important parts of what the First Amendment says, for the purposes
of this class. - correct answer ✔"Congress shall make no law abridging the
freedom of speech and the press"
Basic origins of why American founders wrote the First Amendment the way
they did and who they tried to put in charge of deciding what words and ideas
would be expressed. - correct answer ✔Tried to put people in charge of
government, letting the people decide the meaning of freedomFounders were
reacting against the governments that had aggressively punished words and
ideas. Someone in charge of deciding what words and ideas may be
dangerous, to protect society from them
How the courts have not interpreted the First Amendment in literal terms of
what the words actually say. - correct answer ✔The phrase 'no law' has not
been interpreted literally by the courts (it means 'some law' in practice). Laws
that can be justified as protecting the greater freedom of speech or as
balancing it in relation to other constitutional interests
The five main theories on why free speech should be protected -- and which
the Supreme Court has cited most often in the reasoning for its First
Amendment rulings. - correct answer ✔Political self governance - theory that
only through protected access to all information can citizens self govern
Check on political power - theory that protecting news media counter-
balances the power of government
Political change with stability - theory that protecting peaceful expression of
grievances reduces political violence
, Individual fulfillment - theory that pursuit of life, liberty, happiness requires
protection of individual expression
Marketplace of ideas - theory that protecting all ideas to compete freely best
allows truth to emerge ultimately
The five social interests behind why some speech is not protected. - correct
answer ✔National security - government may be able to censor some
expression in the interest of security
Individual reputation - expression found by courts to be defamatory (libel,
slander) may be punished financially
Orderly streets - some expression that interferes with traffic, safety, etc. may
be restricted
Honest commercial markets - expression seeking to sell products/services
may be regulated to protect consumers and the fair-bargaining process
Intellectual property - use of copyrighted/trademarked material without
permission can be punished
"How to Teach Your Brain Something It Won't Forget a Week Later": Why this
article's advice for people after college about the right way to learn maybe
even more valuable during college. - correct answer ✔In college you can
start practicing how to properly prepare for a meeting, test or presentation,
you will retain more information while doing less. It's about "forethought and
time management."
"How to Teach Your Brain Something It Won't Forget a Week Later":
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