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CHAPTER 16: LEGAL CONTROLS & FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. How is the First Amendment's relationship to the government different from its relationship to media corporations?
2. Explain the various models of the news media that exist under different political systems.
3. What is the basic philosophical concept that underlies America's notion of free expression?
4. What was the Sedition Act of 1798, and what role did it have in the First Amendment?
5. How has censorship been defined historically?
6. What is the public domain, and why is it an important element in American culture?
7. Why is the case of New York Times v. Sullivan so significant in First Amendment history?
8. How has the Internet changed battles over what constitutes obscenity?
9. What issues are at stake when First Amendment and Sixth Amendment concerns clash?
10. Why were films not constitutionally protected as a form of speech until 1952?
11. Why did film review boards develop, and why did they eventually disband?
12. How did both the Motion Picture Production Code and the current movie rating system come into being?
13. What's the difference between obscenity and indecency?
14. What is the significance of Section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934?
15. Why didn't broadcasters like the Fairness Doctrine?
16. Why is Section 230 so relevant to the debates over content moderation on the Internet?
17. How might the First Amendment give us a path forward in a media environment that challenges traditional gatekeepers with such an abundance of information?