Government Chapter 19

Vocab review

• rule requiring broadcasters to provide opportunities for the expression of opposing views on issues of public importance

FAIRNESS DOCTRINE

• rule requiring broadcasters to provide opportunities for the expression of opposing views on issues of public importance

• a service that provides statistics showing audience size for various media

RATINGS

• a service that provides statistics showing audience size for various media

• a law that gives reporters some means of protection against being forced to disclose a confidential information or sources in state courts

SHIELD LAW

• a law that gives reporters some means of protection against being forced to disclose a confidential information or sources in state courts

• means of communication, such as television, newspapers, movies, books, and the Internet, that influence large audiences

MASS MEDIA

• means of communication, such as television, newspapers, movies, books, and the Internet, that influence large audiences

• rule that broadcasters must give equal airtime to candidates for public office

EQUAL TIME DOCTRINE

• rule that broadcasters must give equal airtime to candidates for public office

• newspaper company that owns many daily and weekly newspapers

NEWSPAPER CHAIN

• newspaper company that owns many daily and weekly newspapers

• false written or published statements indented to damage a person’s reputation

LIBEL

• false written or published statements indented to damage a person’s reputation

• an organization that employs reporters throughout the world to collect news stories for subscribers

WIRE SERVICE

• an organization that employs reporters throughout the world to collect news stories for subscribers

• government censorship of information before it is published or broadcast

PRIOR RESTRAINT

• government censorship of information before it is published or broadcast