Bandwidth The transmission capacity of a communication medium. Carrier Wave In situations where a radio wave is being modified for the purposes of providing information on the wave‚ the “carrier wave” is the baseline‚ unmodified wave against which the modified waves are to be compared. Digital A signal consisting of binary code ( a stream of ones and zeroes) to represent voice‚ video or data. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) The federal agency in charge of telecommunications regulation
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Act (CIPA) stands as a federal law that was passed and approved by Congress that helps to protect any civil matters that may be probed about offensive content that happens each day in schools‚ libraries‚ television‚ and most importantly over the internet. With this‚ the children’s internet Act (CIPA) has a particular set of requirements with in the schools or libraries which receives charges money for having access to the Internet. In 2001‚ the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) provided guidelines
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Act of 1991 was passed and enacted by Congress‚ in response to consumer concerns about the growing number of unsolicited telephone calls by telemarketers and the increasing use of automated and prerecorded messages. In response‚ the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules that require anyone making telephone solicitation calls to your home must provide their names‚ and the name of the person or company on whose behalf the call was being made. The rules also prohibited telephone solicitation
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two features of BCRA are the restriction of soft money and issue advocacy. First‚ this act bans the raising of soft money by federal candidates or national parties and restricts the spending of soft money by state parties. Second‚ this act created a new election law‚ electioneering communication‚ which prohibits the use of political advertisements that “refers” to a federal candidate within thirty days of a primary election or sixty days of a general elections. The First Amendment is arguably the
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Assignment 2 The mission statement of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is “To prevent business practices that are anticompetitive or deceptive or unfair to consumers; to enhance informed consumer choice and public understanding of the competitive process; and to accomplish this without unduly burdening legitimate business activity” (About the FTC‚ n.d). The primary areas that FTC is responsible is making sure that the consumer is protected from unfair business practices to prevention of getting
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Resolved: On balance‚ the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission harms the election process. My partner and I stand in firm negation of today’s resolution. If my partner and I uphold that the Citizens United decision does not directly harm our election process‚ then we win today’s round. Contention 1: Citizens United has negligible effect on public participation in elections. In fact‚ the decision actually supports voter turnout. Many would argue that a bombardment
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In the 1950 case of P. Lorillard Co. v. Federal Trade Commission‚ P. Lorillard Co.‚ the makers of Old Gold cigarettes‚ were ordered to “cease and desist from making certain representations found to be false in the advertising of its tobacco products (Warner‚ et al.‚ 2012‚ p. 950) From a practical perspective in the 1950’s caveat emptor‚ or “let the buyer beware” is not a fair or reasonable expectation. While the careful consumer could have looked at the article‚ the culture of the time was not anti-smoking
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The landmark Supreme Court case‚ Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010) changed the system of political campaign contributions in the United States. In the close 5-4 decision‚ the Supreme Court ruled that organizations are allowed to make unlimited political donations. The Justices reached their decision using the First Amendment‚ which pertains to free speech. To state it plainly‚ money equals speech. Surely‚ the Justices in favor of the decision assumed that the donor groups or individuals
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Applications and System Thomas Klopfer May 8‚ 2011 For many years the Congress or Federal Government had to step into help and protect consumers by creating lawful Acts. Some of these acts are: the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (1974)‚ Fair Credit Reporting Act (1970)‚ Computer Fraud and Abuse Act‚ (1986)‚ The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (1991)‚ and Do not Call Implementation Act (2003). Presently the Federal Government has numerous acts that authorize the government to implement consumer
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1914 sought to further empower the Sherman Act by banning price discrimination‚ prohibiting tying contracts‚ interlocking directories and acquisitions that lessen competition. Additional legislation in 1914 was the Federal Trade Commission Act which created the Federal Trade Commission commonly known as the FTC. With a shared responsibility the FTC and the U.S. Department of Justice enforce the Sherman Act and Clayton Act. The FTC also examines unfair completive practices and methods issuing cease
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