SMPA 1050 : EXAM 1 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Which of the following are traditional media businesses?
a) social media
b) podcasts
c) Streaming Services
d) newspaper - ANS d) newspaper
What is a characteristic of US Media?
a) not regulated
b) no restrictions
c) corporations
d) not supported by advertising - ANS c) corporations
Define the Marketplace of Ideas - ANS Ideas are traded like products in a market. Let all
ideas compete in that marketplace and Truth will win. The ones that are the most important
will win.
Which of the following are examples of limitations to free speech?
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a) safe harbour laws
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, b) COPPA
c) no false advertising
d) all of the above - ANS d) all of the above
Define Safe habour laws - ANS shows with violence and sex could not be aired before 10 pm,
because children were likely to be in the audience
What led to the ideas behind the first amendment? - ANS Marketplace of Ideas
What is the first amendment? - ANS congress cannot pass any laws restricting freedom of
speech or of the press
List 3 roles of the media - ANS -get info and entertainment out
-hold gov. accountable
- foster political active citizentry
Who was Julian Assange? - ANS founder of wikileaks
What was the implication of WikiLeaks? - ANS It's not about wikileaks, it's about holding the
government accountability and transparency
How can free speech cause harm? - ANS Slander, lies
What does wikileaks prove based on the article: Wikileaks and the Public Sphere: Dissent and
Control in the Cyber World - ANS cyberworld is bringing the hacker ethic into the existing
political system, and arguably has enabled the rise of laissez-faire libertarianism, characterized
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by rejection of government authority and enthusiasm for self-regulation.
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AND ANSWERS
Which of the following are traditional media businesses?
a) social media
b) podcasts
c) Streaming Services
d) newspaper - ANS d) newspaper
What is a characteristic of US Media?
a) not regulated
b) no restrictions
c) corporations
d) not supported by advertising - ANS c) corporations
Define the Marketplace of Ideas - ANS Ideas are traded like products in a market. Let all
ideas compete in that marketplace and Truth will win. The ones that are the most important
will win.
Which of the following are examples of limitations to free speech?
1
Page
a) safe harbour laws
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, b) COPPA
c) no false advertising
d) all of the above - ANS d) all of the above
Define Safe habour laws - ANS shows with violence and sex could not be aired before 10 pm,
because children were likely to be in the audience
What led to the ideas behind the first amendment? - ANS Marketplace of Ideas
What is the first amendment? - ANS congress cannot pass any laws restricting freedom of
speech or of the press
List 3 roles of the media - ANS -get info and entertainment out
-hold gov. accountable
- foster political active citizentry
Who was Julian Assange? - ANS founder of wikileaks
What was the implication of WikiLeaks? - ANS It's not about wikileaks, it's about holding the
government accountability and transparency
How can free speech cause harm? - ANS Slander, lies
What does wikileaks prove based on the article: Wikileaks and the Public Sphere: Dissent and
Control in the Cyber World - ANS cyberworld is bringing the hacker ethic into the existing
political system, and arguably has enabled the rise of laissez-faire libertarianism, characterized
2
by rejection of government authority and enthusiasm for self-regulation.
Page
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