Question

Question
1
Question
2
A)
A journalist receives money from a political party to exclude its candidate’s tax fraud in a newsreport. Which principle of ethical journalism does this journalist violate?
(1 point)
Minimize harm.
Seek truth and report on it.
Be accountable.
Act independently.
A)
Which form of media is most likely to present information that needs to be examined critically forethical standards?
(1 point)
a thread of social media comments
an online or print magazine
a television broadcast by a local news station
a news report posted on the station’s website
Question 3
Question 4
fair use
citation
Creative Commons license
public domain
A) Match each term to its definition. (1 point)
A) What is the main purpose of copyright laws? (1 point)
to make it easier for people to use work that has a copyright
to clarify which published works can be protected by copyright
to protect a creator’s ability to profit from their own work
to ensure a creator’s work is shared only with customers
set of works  and ideas that can be used and copied by anyone
 the right to use a limited amount of copyrighted material in your own work for a valid purpose
 used by anyone who wants to protect work in a less restrictive way
 a reference to another source in a piece of writing or material
Question
5
A)
Which choice best explains the fair use principle?
(1 point)
It promotes the unethical use of copyrighted work.
It allows certain exceptions to copyright law.
It ensures the copyright of a work is fully protected.
It applies to works that cannot be copyrighted.

Answer 1

1) Act independently.
(accepting money to hide a story is a conflict of interest and violates independence)

2) a thread of social media comments.
(social threads lack editorial oversight and require critical scrutiny)

3/4) Matches:
- public domain — set of works and ideas that can be used and copied by anyone
- fair use — the right to use a limited amount of copyrighted material in your own work for a valid purpose
- Creative Commons license — used by anyone who wants to protect work in a less restrictive way
- citation — a reference to another source in a piece of writing or material

Main purpose of copyright laws: to protect a creator’s ability to profit from their own work.

5) It allows certain exceptions to copyright law.