AP Government Chapter 7 – Study Guide and Exam Review Material
sound bites - correct answer ✔✔short snippets of information aimed at dramatizing a story
rather than explaining its substantive meaning
(FCC) - correct answer ✔✔Federal Communications Commission, Through regulations
prohibiting obscenity, indecency, and profanity, the FCC has also sought to prohibit radio and
television stations from airing explicit sexual and excretory references between 6 A.M. and 10
P.M
Telecommunications Act - correct answer ✔✔loosened restrictions on media ownership and
allowed telephone compa- nies, cable television providers, and broadcasters to compete with
each other for telecommunication services
Communications Decency Act - correct answer ✔✔illegal to make "indecent" sexual material on
the Internet accessible to those under eighteen years old
equal time rule - correct answer ✔✔the requirement that broadcasters provide candidates for
the same political office equal opportunities to communicate their messages to the public (Jim
Webb Clause)
right of rebuttal - correct answer ✔✔a Federal Communications Commission regulation giving
individuals the right to have the opportunity
to respond to personal attacks made on a radio or television broadcast
fairness doctrine - correct answer ✔✔a Federal Communications Commission requirement for
broadcasters who air programs on controversial issues to provide time for opposing views. The
FCC ceased enforcing this doctrine in 1985
sound bites - correct answer ✔✔short snippets of information aimed at dramatizing a story
rather than explaining its substantive meaning
(FCC) - correct answer ✔✔Federal Communications Commission, Through regulations
prohibiting obscenity, indecency, and profanity, the FCC has also sought to prohibit radio and
television stations from airing explicit sexual and excretory references between 6 A.M. and 10
P.M
Telecommunications Act - correct answer ✔✔loosened restrictions on media ownership and
allowed telephone compa- nies, cable television providers, and broadcasters to compete with
each other for telecommunication services
Communications Decency Act - correct answer ✔✔illegal to make "indecent" sexual material on
the Internet accessible to those under eighteen years old
equal time rule - correct answer ✔✔the requirement that broadcasters provide candidates for
the same political office equal opportunities to communicate their messages to the public (Jim
Webb Clause)
right of rebuttal - correct answer ✔✔a Federal Communications Commission regulation giving
individuals the right to have the opportunity
to respond to personal attacks made on a radio or television broadcast
fairness doctrine - correct answer ✔✔a Federal Communications Commission requirement for
broadcasters who air programs on controversial issues to provide time for opposing views. The
FCC ceased enforcing this doctrine in 1985
