Which of the Following Is NOT Part of the Test

question 22

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT part of the test the Supreme Court developed in Miller v. California (1973) to determine if a book or film is legally obscene?

• A) The average person applying contemporary community standards finds that the work taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest.
• B) The work taken as a whole lacks serious literary or artistic value.
• C) The work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, a form of sexual conduct specifically defined by applicable state law.
• D) The work taken as a whole is offensive or disturbing.
• E) The work taken as a whole lacks serious political or scientific value.

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Definitions:

Persuasive Strategies

Techniques employed to convince or influence others to adopt a particular viewpoint or action.

Dramatistic Analysis

A method in communication studies for examining motivations and actions within narratives by considering five elements: act, scene, agent, agency, and purpose.

Purpose

The reason for which something is done or created, or for which something exists.

Conversation Analysis

A methodological approach to studying the structure and pattern of conversations to understand how participants comprehend and respond to one another.