Reading Check #3

Most media organizations have established ___________, which serve aswritten statements of policy and conduct.

The U.S. Supreme Court has often approved government restrictions onspeech or the press. Such restrictions are legal as long as those limits:

The ethical standards for the mass media involve the following levels:

Rules set by the government about how firms are allowed to compete witheach other.

__________ protects writers, documentary producers, artists and academicswho want to quote from copyrighted material in order to carry out criticalanalysis.

Governmental media regulation can be divided into the following categories:

An act that is highly disreputable, or a false statement about a living personor organization that causes injury to the reputation that a substantial group ofpeople hold for that person or entity.

Advocacy agencies, also known as ___________, are collections of peoplewho work to change the nature of certain kinds of mass media.

The current U.S. Media landscape is dominated by several __________, aselect few companies that control specific markets.

The FCC’s overall mission carries out several responsibilities, including:

Invasion-of-privacy activities which media firms take part in includeappropriation, intrusion, public disclosure and false light.

Editorial standards are publications that report on and analyze ethical andunethical journalism practices.

Parody is a work that imitates another work for laughs in a way thatcomments on the original work.

The television, motion picture and video game industries prominently featureratings and advisories for parents and children, each with its own set ofcriteria.

The U.S. Supreme Court allows prior restraint (government restriction ofspeech before it is made) in the cases of both education and nationalsecurity.

Malice is the right to be protected from unwanted intrusions and disclosures.

Ethics is a system of notions about right and wrong that guides a person’sactions.

Only the FTC pays attention to consumer protection as it relates to massmedia, as the FCC is focused on protecting businesses and mass mediavehicles.

Self-regulations regimes are sets of codes and agreements amongcompanies in an industry to ensure that employees carry out their work in anethical manner.

Defamation is written communication that is considered obvious libel.