Q&A Hero

Q: Differentiate between an indigenous and an exogenous radio station.

Q: Describe the operation of shortwave radio.

Q: How do Britains pirate stations differ from more political forms of exogenous stations?

Q: What are some of the objections held by the critics of the VOA? Of Radio and TV Marti?

Q: Describe the case for the global village.

Q: Describe the case against the global village.

Q: What is meant by normative theory?

Q: Advertising provides the primary source of financial support for Britains BBC.

Q: What is meant by comparative analysis or comparative studies?

Q: Advertising is strictly forbidden, even today, as a source of financial support for Chinas broadcast system

Q: List five normative theories and briefly describe each.

Q: VOA has frequently vacillated between disseminating Western propaganda and providing objective information.

Q: Not everyone is comfortable with the role of the Voice of America and other U.S. surrogate services today. Where do you stand on this issue? Defend your answer.

Q: Many countries limit the number of American movies they import each year.

Q: What are the five concepts that guide the worlds media systems? What are the characteristics of each concept? For each concept, provide at least one example of a country whose media system operates according to that concept.

Q: Among Americas external services is _____________, which broadcasts to audiences in Darfur from neighboring Chad. a. Radio Sila b. Radio Free Africa c. Radio Liberty d. the Persian Service

Q: Proponents of the global village consider a benefit to be all EXCEPT which of the following? a. the world community coming closer together b. all cultures only viewing American content. c. a profit for content creators and adoptors d. a global culture with new subcultures

Q: Among Americas external services is _____________, which provides a touch of home to Department of Defense and U.S. military personnel around the world. a. VOA b. COMSAT c. Marti d. AFRTS

Q: Those against the global village say that a negative consequence will be a. more stereotyping against others cultures. b. less educational programming for children. c. fewer television channels across all countries. d. all global content coming from a handful of firms.

Q: Which one of the following will you NOT see on a Saudi Arabian broadcast of The Simpsons? a. Lisa playing the sax b. Bart eating a hamburger c. Homer drinking a Duff Beer d. Marge cooking fish

Q: The ______ government ruled that inserting commercial breaks into televised movies at particularly dramatic moments compromises the integrity of the film and is punishable by fine. a. German b. Swedish c. Chinese d. French

Q: British law only recently permitted product placement in television shows, but still forbids it a. in childrens programming. b. in Sunday morning public affairs programming. c. during prime time broadcasts. d. during late night broadcasts.

Q: FreeNK, which broadcasts antigovernment messages into North Korea from South Korea, is an example of a(n) a. external service. b. indigenous station. c. exogenous station. d. pirate station.

Q: The Simpsons Movie premiered simultaneously in _____ countries and in ______ languages. Its summer 2007 opening weekend box office in the United States was $72 million. a. 30; 20 b. 50; 25 c. 100; 50 d. 200; 100

Q: Radio Caroline and Radio Veronica are examples of a. external services. b. indigenous stations. c. exogenous stations. d. pirate stations.

Q: In 1980 UNESCO issued its report, the _____________, on the question of maintaining national and cultural sovereignty in the face of the rapid globalization of mass media. a. Hawthorne Report b. New World Information Order c. MacBride Report d. Report on Cross-Border Communication

Q: Britains external service is the a. VOA. b. BBC. c. ITVA. d. B-SkyB.

Q: Many countries, especially developing countries lacking sufficient resources to create their own quality media fare, fear that U.S. cultural values will overwhelm and displace those of their own lands, a process known as a. the New World Information Order. b. satellite imperialism. c. cultural imperialism. d. media transfer.

Q: Clandestine broadcasting truly flowered during ________ a. the Great Depression. b. World War II. c. World War I. d. the Cold War.

Q: The Spanish government bans the airing of television commercials for _________ before 10 p.m. a. beauty products b. prescription drugs c. feminine hygiene products d. alcohol

Q: ___________has the capacity to render the invisible visible, to draw attention to aspects of any media system, including our own, that may be taken for granted and difficult to detect when the focus in on only one national case. a. Comparative analysis b. UNESCOs NWIO c. The Internet d. Satellite broadcasts from across the globe

Q: _______________ is the belief that cultural products made in another country can influence or displace indigenous cultural productions, artifact, and media to the detriment of the receiving nations. a. Electronic colonialism theory b. Cultural imperialism c. Development concept d. Revolutionary concept

Q: _________ has the worlds largest and fastest-growing online population. a. The United States b. Africa c. Western Europe d. China

Q: The American surrogate service transmitting into Cuba is Radio and Television a. VOA. b. COMSAT. c. Marti. d. AFRTS.

Q: Sin public refers to a. cultural imperialism in Spanish speaking countries. b. international comparisons between public and commercial media systems. c. global media literacy. d. ad free broadcasts on Spanish public television.

Q: The ______ government declared books an essential good, outlawing deep discounts. a. French b. Canadian c. Spanish d. German

Q: Radio came to China via an American reporter named _____________, who established an experimental radio station there in 1923. a. Carl Bernstein b. E. C. Osborn c. Richard Brent d. Frank Sully Sullivan

Q: What is prior restraint? Why is it so offensive to supporters of the First Amendment? When might its use be acceptable? Defend your answer.

Q: The normative theory in which government and media work in partnership to ensure that media assist in the planned beneficial development of the country is the _____________ concept. a. Western b. development c. revolutionary d. authoritarian

Q: What is the distinction between pornography, obscenity, and indecency? Which enjoy First Amendment protection? Which do not? Would you grant that protection to all these forms of content, or would you restrict them all? Defend your position.

Q: The normative theory characterized by media attempting to end government monopoly over information, facilitate the organization of opposition to the incumbent powers, destroy the legitimacy of a standing government, and bring down a standing government is the _____________ concept. a. Western b. development c. revolutionary d. authoritarian

Q: What is your opinion of media industry self-regulation? Do you think it is preferableeven with its limitationsto more stringent government oversight? Do you think that different media warrant different levels of government control, as is the case in the United States today? Defend your answers.

Q: The normative theory that calls for the subjugation of media for the purpose of serving the government is the _____________ concept. a. Western b. development c. revolutionary d. authoritarian

Q: Different countries spend different amounts of money in support of noncommercial media. For example, annual government funding for noncommercial media in the United States amounts to _____ per person. In Canada it is $22.48; in Slovenia, $557; in the United Kingdom, $80.36; in Denmark, $1000; and in Finland, $100 a. $2225 b. $100.50 c. $3.75 d. $0.10

Q: The study of different countries mass media systems is called a. normative analysis. b. normative studies. c. comparative analysis. d. international studies.

Q: Shortwave radio waves reflect off the ionosphere, a behavior called a. skip. b. bounce. c. ionospheric extension. d. skying.

Q: In Great Britain the BBC is funded by _____________ based on the number of receivers people have in their homes. a. voluntary donations b. license fees c. automatic paycheck withdrawals d. a surcharge on set sales

Q: Shortwave radio waves reflect off the ionosphere, producing a. shortwaves. b. sky waves. c. ionospheric waves. d. electromagnetic waves.

Q: The Chinese media system is based on that of a. Japan. b. the United States. c. Korea. d. the former Soviet Union.

Q: A clandestine broadcast operation that operates outside the region into which it transmits is a. an external service. b. an indigenous station. c. an exogenous station. d. a pirate station.

Q: Illegally operated radio stations broadcasting to English audiences from offshore or foreign facilities during the 1960s were called a. external services. b. indigenous stations. c. exogenous stations. d. pirate stations.

Q: Many countries maintain broadcasting services, called _____________, that are designed to counter the propaganda of rival nations and disseminate information about themselves. a. external services b. indigenous stations c. exogenous stations d. pirate stations

Q: The American broadcasting service established during World War II and the Cold War to deliver Department of Defense internal information, and radio and television programming services to overseas Department of Defense personnel and their families is a. Radio/TV Free Europe. b. Radio/TV Marti. c. Radio/TV West Germany. d. the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service.

Q: In international broadcasting, an operation established by one country to substitute for anothers own domestic service is called a. a surrogate service. b. an indigenous service. c. an exogenous service. d. a pirate service.

Q: The____________ is the theory that new communication technology will permit people to become increasingly involved in one anothers lives. a. Western concept b. global village c. development concept d. revolutionary concept

Q: Marshall McLuhans famous theory that new communication technologies would permit people to become increasingly involved in each others lives is known as the a. Western concept. b. normative theory. c. global village. d. cultural theory.

Q: Great Britain does not have a First Amendment similar to that of the United States, allowing the government to practice prior restraint by making an officially issued notice called a a. D-notice. b. remand warning. c. prior notification. d. public service remit.

Q: Limits on advertising and other public service requirements imposed on Britains commercial broadcasters in exchange for the right to broadcast constitute broadcasters a. D-notice. b. remand warning. c. prior notification. d. public service remit.

Q: Of all the court cases youve read about in this chapter, which do you find the most important in terms of protecting medias First Amendment rights? Explain your answer.

Q: The _____________ concept, is based on the realities that there is no completely free (libertarian) media system on Earth and that even in the most commercially driven systems, there exists not only the expectation of public service and responsibility, but also significant communication-related activities of government to ensure that media professionals meet those responsibilities. a. Western b. development c. revolutionary d. authoritarian

Q: Slander typically applies to the false and malicious publication of material that damages a persons reputation.

Q: NBC successfully used the traffic-cop analogy to win its argument in NBC v. United States.

Q: Most media professionals favor licensing of media practioners if it will produce higher standards of operation.

Q: When media professionals are faced with ethical dilemmas, they are moral agents.

Q: Democracy requires a free press.

Q: The editors of The Progressive fought the government over the issue of prior restraint.

Q: What is the traffic-cop analogy?

Q: Many media organizations utilize _____________, practitioners internal to the company who serve as judges in disputes between the public and the organization. a. standards and practices departments b. policy chiefs c. operating executives d. ombudsmen

Q: When can copyrighted media content be used without permission?

Q: Reporters acting deferentially toward news sources in order to ensure continued access is called a. prior restraint. b. actual malice. c. embedding. d. access journalism.

Q: What are the seven assumptions of social responsibility theory?

Q: a. public domain b. fair use c. licensing d. prior permission

Q: What are the three levels of ethics? Define each.

Q: Royalty payments in the music industry are collected from users and paid to musicians by _____________ like ASCAP and BMI. a. ombudsmen b. standards and practices companies c. licensing companies d. public domain units

Q: List and define six sets of individual or group interests that moral agents often find in conflict.

Q: Social responsibility theory was developed after World War II to replace _____________, which was seen as too idealistic a standard for the operation of the U.S. media system. a. normative theory b. libertarianism c. ascertainment theory d. the self-righting principle

Q: Why is confidentiality important in contemporary news gathering and reporting?

Q: The libertarian model of press control is based on the self-righting principle.

Q: What is digital rights management? What are its elements and what problem does it hope to resolve?

Q: Those who hold the absolutist position on the First Amendment are willing to make an exception when it comes to control of offensive and indecent content.