The U.S. Supreme Court has held that public officials and public figures bringing suits for intentional infliction of emotional distress must prove ______.

a. negligence
b. truth
c. actual malice
d. embarrassment


c. actual malice

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Amy is a sports writer and journalist for a national newspaper. The editor noticed that many football enthusiasts kept pointing out factual errors in a lot of Amy's football blogs

Thus, the editor asked her to improve the quality of her writing or face getting letters from her readers time and again. Which feature of the Web led to football fans questioning Amy's credibility? a) Interactivity b) Reachability c) Capacity d) Flexibility

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If your approach to argumentation is to use the basic principles of discourse ethics, which of the following principles are you likely to employ?

(a) You will be concerned with the "attitude" you and the other participants have towards argumentation. (b) You and the other participants will be especially concerned with respecting "the process of dialog" so that each of you will behave ethically as you engage in argumentation. (c) You and the other participants will be concerned about the possible consequences that may result from your argumentation. (d) All of the above

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Interviews are always formal in style

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Carmen is a 70-year-old, middle-class, Episcopalian lesbian, who no longer drives due to acute vision loss. Which communication concept would best address this description of Carmen?

a. (Dis)ability b. Multimodality c. Salience d. Intersectionality

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