JRN 430 - Fall 2022 Midterm Questions And
Answers
Accountability and Transparency Policymakers must be held accountable to the public
they serve and clearly communicate their objectives, decisions, and methods
9 permitted exemptions (FOIA) 1. National Security
2. Internal agency rules and procedures
3. Disclosures forbidden by other statutes
4. Trade secrets
5. Agency memoranda
6. Personal privacy
7. Law enforcement records
8. Financial records
9. Geological information
Records under FOIA - A record is anything in documentary form.
- An agency is not required either to create a record if it does not exist or to obtain a requested
record not under agency control at the time of the request.
, JRN 430 - Fall 2022 Midterm Questions And
Answers
Includes: computer-stored records
how many miles of freshwater in MI did Dr. Chavez talk about? (random bonus question)
3,288 miles
Four Privacy Tort Laws 1. False Light
2. Appropriation
3. Intrusion
4. Private Facts
False light A privacy tort that involves making a person seem in the public eye to be
someone he or she is not. Several states do not allow false light suits.
Appropriation - Using another's name or likeness for advertising or other commercial
purposes without permission.
- Commercialization
- Right of publicity
Answers
Accountability and Transparency Policymakers must be held accountable to the public
they serve and clearly communicate their objectives, decisions, and methods
9 permitted exemptions (FOIA) 1. National Security
2. Internal agency rules and procedures
3. Disclosures forbidden by other statutes
4. Trade secrets
5. Agency memoranda
6. Personal privacy
7. Law enforcement records
8. Financial records
9. Geological information
Records under FOIA - A record is anything in documentary form.
- An agency is not required either to create a record if it does not exist or to obtain a requested
record not under agency control at the time of the request.
, JRN 430 - Fall 2022 Midterm Questions And
Answers
Includes: computer-stored records
how many miles of freshwater in MI did Dr. Chavez talk about? (random bonus question)
3,288 miles
Four Privacy Tort Laws 1. False Light
2. Appropriation
3. Intrusion
4. Private Facts
False light A privacy tort that involves making a person seem in the public eye to be
someone he or she is not. Several states do not allow false light suits.
Appropriation - Using another's name or likeness for advertising or other commercial
purposes without permission.
- Commercialization
- Right of publicity
