This means "relates to a particular thing", and it also rhymes with the ocean off the coast of California.
What is "specific"?
100
This government agency was created in the 1930s to protect the interests of the people, by censoring obscene or offensive content.
What is the FCC?
100
It won't hold your coat together, but you can use it to turn off your TV, and the FCC did not allow this to be shown in the 1950s.
What is belly "button"?
100
Radio has been around for 100 years.
What is a "fact"?
100
This is where a text came from, who wrote it, and when it was written.
What is the source?
200
This word starts with a prefix that means "out" because it means to purposely leave someone or something out.
What is "exclude"?
200
In the 1950s this word was censored from the show, "I Love Lucy".
What is "pregnant"?
200
The FCC issued only 4 of these by 2004, and the answer rhymes with "line".
What is "fine"?
200
Cable TV is better than network TV.
What is an "opinion"?
200
This is what informational gives the reader.
What is information or facts?
300
This means "not in good taste" and it also rhymes with the animal that a cowboy rides.
What is "coarse"?
300
The invention of this in the 1980s "changed everything" about censorship because the stations were private and the FCC could not regulate all of them.
What is cable TV?
300
This means "hurts or bothers people" or it could also be the part of a football team that tries to run up the score.
What is "offensive"?
300
Censorship is the blocking of offensive material in the media.
What is "fact"?
300
This is what the text is called that is written under a picture or graphic.
What is a caption?
400
This word is very important to remember at all times when you talk and act in school. It means something that is acceptable for a place or occasion.
What is "appropriate"?
400
By 2004, the FCC had only issued 4 of these.
What is a "fine"?
400
This is what the FCC calls the time frame that mildly inappropriate material can be shown (10-6) but it also is a place where ships could go to get out of a storm.
What is "safe harbor"?
400
Cable TV and Network TV compete for viewers.
What is a "fact"?
400
This is the bold print that appears above some sections of informational text, and it tells the main idea of that section of text.
What is a heading?
500
This means to control by a rule, but it also is something you can do to the temperature of a room or your shower.
What is "regulate"?
500
The FCC does not sit and monitor stations, but it waits for people to call and make a __________________, which is something you also do when you get homework.
What is a "complaint"?
500
Censorship is annoying for the viewers or listeners.
What is an "opinion"?
500
This is anything such as a picture, a graphic, a text box, a chart or graph or even a photo, that is provided to help the reader better understand the text.