Lessons 1 & 2
What is sponsoring?
offering money to a company or organization, such as a magazine, television show, or charity fund, in exchange for advertising a certain product, service, or brand name
What is a growing concern amidst consumers and privacy advocates?
data mining
What are the Pentagon Papers?
two "top secret" documents that exposed the U.S. activities in Vietnam; One was a copy of a 47-volume study titled "History of U.S. Decision-Making Process on Vietnam Policy," and the other, a 1-volume study called "Command and Control Study of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident"
What is Privacy?
A person's right to decide what information or images are revealed to the public.
What is the term for controls placed on what people may write, read, say, or hear?
Censorship
What does it mean to endorse or endorsements?
refers to when a celebrity or other popular figure publicly supports a product (i.e., a basketball player is given a pair of Nike's in exchange for "endorsing" the shoe brand)
What are cookies?
are small bits of data and code that are kept in your computer's memory.
What monthly magazine based out of Madison, Wisconsin, attempted to publish an article written by Howard Morland?
The progressive
What is the right to be free from public exposure or scrutiny?
right to be left alone.
Who took part in the theft that led to the Pentagon Papers?
Daniel Ellsberg
What is an example of an incentive?
Free T-shirts, discounts and sales, gift cards, coupons, or other giveaways.
"Free press," refers to ___________.
The right to publish without being censored.
Why did the government sue the Progressive?
They sought to keep the information from the public because the article revealed how the bomb works.
When someone's privacy is encroached without someone's consent, it is called an ______________.
Which federal law, passed by Woodrow Wilson during World War I, was enacted to catch German spies and informants and restrict freedom of speech?
Espionage and Sedition Act of 1918
Define advocacy advertisement.
a type of advertisement that focuses on strengths; informs the audience of what makes the person or thing "good"
What is censorship?
a blanket-term used to describe the control or types of controls placed on what people write, read, say or hear which can be directed at any medium from books and magazines to music and paintings
Slander refers to __________.
Any spoken statements or gestures.
What is the right of the public to know information that might affect the democratic process?
Right to know
Which term describes the proof of clear intent to cause harm to an individual that a public figure needs to claim defamation?
Actual malice
What are the most common forms of political advertising?
Advocacy advertisements, comparison advertising, and negative advertising.
The _____________ was enacted as a way of keeping tabs on resident aliens in America.
Smith Act of 1940
What blanket term includes both slander and libel?
Defamation
The right to know has its roots in gossip, or ____________________ usually passed on by word of mouth.
pieces of information about members of the community
What are the four states of privacy categorized by political science professor Alan Westin?
Solitude, intimacy, anonymity, and reserve