COM CO 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Paratext, Daguerreotype, Fairness Doctrine
27 Oct 2014
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Mexican war: newspapers created to serve growing population, changed how news was gathered and how reports were sent back to editors, associated press is developed, civil war. Telecommunications act of 1996: signed by bill clinton, allowed media cross ownership, let anyone enter communication business to let any communications business compete in any market against any other, deregulate the converging broadcasting and telecommunications markets. Chilling effect: when one individual is made an example of, thus deterring the rest of the population from acting out. Clear and present danger: falsely claiming clear and present danger when there is none present. Prior restraint: governmental censoring of the media. Defamation: communication of a false statement that is damaging to ones" reputation, slander: spoken, libel: written. Shield laws: law that shield or protect journalists from censorship so they may report freely. Obscenity & indecency: obscenity: offensive, lacking in value, and sexual.
