WGU C207 Final Exam Questions and
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cord cutting ✔✔refers to the pattern of viewers cancelling their subscriptions to multichannel
subscription television services available over cable, dropping p
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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 available 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
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