Sign in to save your progress, vote, and build your own decks.Sign in
Chapter 2 Vocab
13 cards·by Michelle
a system of moral principles
Ethics
the ability to inspire belief and trust
Credibility
the ability to make fair, neutral observations about people and events
Objective
a damaging false statement against another person or institution spoken or broadcast
slander
a libel defense that protects a journalist's expressed opinion of public figures or reviews
of books records, and the like
Fair Comment
a fictional characters a news writer creates by using characteristics of several real
people.
Composite Characters
written defamation; damaging false
Libel
the opportunity for permitting a person criticized in a story to respond to that criticism in
the same story
Right of reply
statements made on the floor of Congress in the state legislature, or in a courtroom that, if
published, are immune from libel suits
Privilege Statements
the legal idea that school authorities act "in place of the parent" and assume a parent's
rights, duties, and responsibilities.
In Loco Parentis
censorship, or restraint in advance of publication.
Prior Restraint
the taking and using as one's own the writings or invetions of another person
Plagiarism
the idea that once a forum is created, the ideas expressed there cannot later be controlled
Forum Theory