Deck 7: The Foundations of Free Expression

Question 1

About half of those responding to a First Amendment Center/American Journalism Review survey said the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Which is not a protection in the First Amendment?

A) Press
B) Speech
C) Religion
D) Voting rights
E) Petition

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Government prohibition of speech in advance of publication is called…

A) sedition
B) Prior Restraint
C) defamition
D) False Light
E) Invasion of Privacy

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Appropriation is…

A) the use of one's name or likeness for personal or commercial gain without consent or compensation.
B) the publication of information about someone's personal life that has not been previously revealed to the public.
C) intentionally intruding, physically or otherwise, upon another person's seclusion or solitude.
D) written or broadcast defamation.
E) the crime of revolting or inciting revolt against government.

Question 5

Which of these cases involves privacy issues?

A) Yates v. U.S.
B) Gitlow v. New York
C) New York Times Co. v. United States
D) United States v. O'Brien
E) None of the above

Question 6

Which was the historic case about flag burning as a form of free speech?

A) New York Times Co. v. United States
B) Texas v. Johnson
C) Branzburg v. Hayes
D) Gitlow v. New York
E) None of the above

Question 7

The first time that the Court invoked the First Amendment to prevent libel actions was in which case?

A) Texas v. Johnson
B) United States v. O'Brien
C) New York Times v. Sullivan
D) Yates v. U.S.
E) Texas v. Johnson

Question 8

What Does Defamation Mean?

Question 9

What does Libel mean?

Question 10

"Shield Laws" provide some sort of protection for Journalists facing orders to testify or provide notes, photographs or other reporting work.

Question 11

Sedition laws make it a crime to criticize both the President and the National Government?

Question 12

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against The New York Times in New York Times v. Sullivan.

Question 13

The government generally is allowed to punish speakers when harm is caused by what a speaker said.

Question 14

The First Amendment tells the government what it cannot do. It does not tell people what they can do.

Question 15

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association was an invasion of privacy case.

Question 16

In Gitlow v. New York, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the guarantees of freedom of speech apply to actions taken by all governments.

Question 17

Any intentional false communication, either written or spoken, that harms a person's reputation, is called appropration.

Question 18

New York Times v. Sullivan was a case about civil rights in South Carolina.

Question 19

With false light privacy, a report need not be defamatory to be actionable as false light.

Question 20

Name Four Major Privacy Claims:

Question 21

In regard to shield laws, what exactly is being shielded?

Question 22

Give an example of false light invasion of privacy.

Question 23

For the most part, journalists have no greater rights than those of the general public -- a principle known as "laws of general applicability."

Question 24

What's the difference between defamation and libel?

Question 25

Sedition is the crime of revolting or inciting revolt against government.

Question 26

Government prohibition of speech in advance of publication is called:

A) Sedition
B) Prior restraint
C) Defamation
D) Invasion of Privacy

Question 27

A statement printed or broadcast that damages a person's reputation is called:

A) Libel
B) Prior restraint
C) Sedition
D) Plagiarism

Question 28

Appropriation is:

A) The use of one's name or likeness for personal or commercial gain without consent or compensation.
B) The publication of information about someone's personal life.
C) Written or broadcast defamation.
D) The correct balance of fact and interpretation.

Question 29

What newspaper was at the center of a court case in 1971 that ended up providing more protection for speech in the United States?

A) The Washington Times
B) The New York Post
C) The Washington Post
D) The New York Times