Which of the following is NOT true of news magazines?
A) There are more news magazines than there are newspapers, and they are read by more people.
B) They are quite influential because they are read by elites.
C) Their reporters have more time to gather and study information for their stories.
D) Texas lacks competition between major news magazines.
Q. 2In Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), the Supreme Court replaced the clear and present danger test with the _________ test.
A) imminent danger
B) grave and probable
C) reasonableness
D) bad tendency
E) Lemon
Q. 3Which of the following is NOT true of the 521 non-daily newspapers being published in Texas in 2015?
A) They are influential in state politics because they are read by elites.
B) They tend to provide local, social, and political news.
C) They provide little state or national news.
D) They tend to serve small towns, college campuses, and communities with common interests.
Q. 4According to Justice Stone's preferred position doctrine, ________.
A) certain rights, such as freedom of expression, received heightened protection.
B) government may not limit individual rights.
C) states have a preferred position over the national government.
D) government will receive the benefit of the doubt in all free speech cases.
E) individual rights are not protected during wartime.
Q. 5The media source from which most Texans now get their news is
A) newspapers.
B) the Internet.
C) television.
D) radio.
Q. 6In the 1940s and 1950s, members of the Communist party were convicted for their advocacy of _______, or the advocacy of the overthrow of the U.S. government.
A) passive resistance
B) anarchy
C) internment
D) terrorism
E) sedition
Q. 7The most common way that Americans get their news is from
A) conversations.
B) newspapers.
C) political speeches.
D) radio.
Q. 8In Schenck v. United States (1919), the Supreme Court established the __________ test for determining whether government could limit individual speech rights.
A) clear and present danger
B) bad tendency
C) cease and desist
D) imminent threat
E) compelling state interest