The 6 rights protected by the First Amendment - Answers Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Press
Freedom of Religion
Freedom to peaceably assemble
Freedom to petition
Freedom of Expression
Article 18 of the UDHR - Answers Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
Article 19 UDHR - Answers Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Diffusion of innovations - Answers theory that explains why some innovations, like computers and
internet technology, are accepted by some people and rejected by others
Counter-diffusion - Answers -when innovations/ ideas diffuse from the periphery to the geometric
center
Linguistic capitalism (the search business model) - Answers Search engines based on selling words that
appear in search queries
The Knowledge Gap - Answers the notion that individuals with a higher socioeconomic status absorb
information presented by mass media at a faster rate than those with a lower socioeconomic status
Cultural Homogenization - Answers The belief that as a result of the globalization of culture, cultural
differences are minimized and similarities across cultures are emphasized and reinforced. Consequently,
eventually only one cultural form in the world will exist.
Cultural Hybridity - Answers the cultural practice of combining and assigning new meaning to previous
beliefs, practices, or ideas. The emergence of a new cultural form out of two or more existing ones,
leaving both forms changed without erasing the old
cultural proximity - Answers Preference of audiences for media in their own land and culture
Media Convergence - Answers the merging of traditional media with digital communication technologies
such as telecommunications and the internet
Digital Convergence - Answers The coming together of computer technologies as the basis for
production, distribution, and even exhibition in many media industries
public diplomacy - Answers The use of media, the Internet, and other cultural outlets to communicate
the message of a state, by going over the heads of the state or country's government
, cultural appropriation - Answers the process by which other cultures adopt customs and knowledge and
use them for their own benefit
Post-production techniques used in international programs - Answers sub-titling, lip-synchronization,
movement synchronization
Sub-titling - Answers placing captions at the bottom of the screen in the translated language
lip-synching - Answers match translation to original speech
movement-synching - Answers match movement and text in new language
What was the first global communications event? - Answers Apollo 11 (example of global village)
What is Earthrise? - Answers a photograph of Earth and some of the Moon's surface that was taken from
lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission. Nature
photographer Galen Rowell declared it "the most influential environmental photograph ever taken"
What are cultural proximities? - Answers international broadcasting used to maintain contact with a
nation's citizens who live abroad
What is a lingua franca? - Answers A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by
people who have different native languages
What is the broadcasting board of governors? - Answers independent agency of the United States
government. Its mission is to "inform, engage, and connect people around the world in support of
freedom and democracy.
How many languages of VOA? - Answers 42
VOA mission - Answers "to broadcast accurate, balanced, and comprehensive news and information to
an international audience"
Creation of VoA - Answers VOA was established in 1942 and the VOA charter was signed into law in 1976
by President Gerald Ford.
What is Al- Hurra? - Answers a United States-based public Arabic-language satellite TV channel that
broadcasts news and current affairs programming to audiences in the Middle East and North Africa
What is Radio Free Europe? - Answers US broadcast report the news in 22 European countries where a
free press is banned by the government or not fully established
What is Radio Marti? - Answers an American radio and television international broadcaster based in
Miami, Florida, financed by the Federal government of the United States which transmits news in
Spanish to Cuba. Its broadcasts can also be heard and viewed worldwide
Journalism in latin america - Answers -Institutionalized censorship