Blog Assignment topic 5

Obscenity, pornography and indecency: What are the differences between these terms.

Definitions of Obscenity

Obscenity is a term that is most often used in a legal context to describe expressions (words, images, actions) that offend the prevalent sexual morality of the time. It is often replaced by the word salaciousness.

Definitions of pornography

Pornography is explit description of sexual subject matter for the purpose of sexually exciting the viewer. Pornography makes no claim to artistic merit, unlike erotica which does.

Definitons of indecency

Indecency is defined as the state or quality of being indecent; lack of modesty, taste, or propriety .

critical reflection

1.Obscenity is about lewdness, or offensiveness in behavior, expression, or appearance or even something, such as a word, act, or expression, that is indecent or lewd. Pornography is sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal while indecency is the state or quality of being unseemly or immodest.

2.Although Obscenity, pornography and indecency have different meaning , but they are all related to each other. It can be found through media such as television , internet and so on. These three things are widely being used on movies and books. But as i can see , media such as radio still cover up those kind of things by mute the sound . So everyone can think which is good and which is not. Lets do something so that the bad examples can't occured.

reflection on class

the class was short. there are only a briefing on a second assignment.