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WGU C207 Final Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed cord cutting ✔✔refers to the pattern of viewers cancelling their subscriptions to multichannel subscription television services availabl... e over cable, dropping pay television channels or reducing the number of hours of subscription TV viewed in response to competition from rival media available over the Internet such as Amazon Prime, Sling TV, Crunchyroll, Hulu, Netflix and YouTube Premium Congress ✔✔created the FCC 5 ✔✔number of commissioners on the FCC 5 years ✔✔length of terms for FCC commissioners riders ✔✔amendments to bills—often in the form of appropriations with rules dictating budget spending—that sometimes have nothing to do with the intent of the bill itself; rather, they are attached to a bill to decide an issue appropriations ✔✔money granted by Congress for a specific purpose Supreme Court ✔✔responsible for interpreting the first amendment the four types of speech/expression not protected by the First Amendment ✔✔(1) libel; (2) slander; (3) obscenity; (4) harming national security the three criteria for defining obscenity ✔✔(1) appeals "to a prurient interest"; (2) shows "patently offensive sexual conduct" that was specifically defined by a state obscenity law; (3) "lacks serious artistic, literary, political, or scientific value" libel ✔✔a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation indecency ✔✔refers to the portrayal of sexual or excretory organs or activities in a way that does not meet the three-prong test for obscenity; offensive content with possible social value, protected for adults only safe harbor ✔✔refers to the type of provision dictating the limited hours broadcasters are allowed to air indecent speech; this is implemented in an effort to protect children from exposure to indecent content, with the reasoning being that children are generally expected to be asleep during these hours 10 PM — 6 AM ✔✔the range of time broadcasters are allowed to air indecent speech Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ✔✔federal agency empowered to prevent persons or corporations from using unfair methods of competition in commerce; investigates misleading or untrue statements in advertising Telecommunications Act of 1996 ✔✔legislation passed by Congress that shifted the FCC away from direct regulation of telecommunications service rates and toward oversight of competition; the sweeping update of telecommunications law that led to a wave of media consolidation programmatic advertising ✔✔refers to advertising in which computers make decisions about what ads are inserted in what content providers; advertisers bid for audiences based on their willingness to pay and the demographic match of audiences on content sites Article I, Section 8 ✔✔grants Congress the power enact copyright laws "to promote the Progress of Science and use Arts, by securing for limited Time to Authors and Investors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries" royalty payment ✔✔payment made to the legal owner of the property, patent, copyrighted work, or franchise by licensees or franchisees who wish to make use of it for the purposes of generating revenue or other such desirable activities First Sale Doctrine ✔✔the doctrine that maintains that once a copyright owner sells a copy of a work, the new owner may possess, transfer or otherwise dispose of that copy without the copyright owner's permission Fair Use ✔✔the doctrine that brief excerpts of copyright material may, under certain circumstances, be quoted verba [Show More]

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