J4000 Quiz 6

Which of the following is a rationale for the constitutionality of the FCC's indecency regulations?

All of the above - The scarcity of the electromagnetic spectrum on which broadcasts occur - Broadcast is a uniquely pervasive medium - Indecency on broadcast has the opportunity to harm children

Which of the following is a FALSE statement about indecency law?

Both b & c. - Indecency law applies to print. - Indecency law applies to the Internet.

According to the First Amendment Encyclopedia, the U.S. Supreme Court has applied the obscenity standard to violent expression.

False

FCC v. Pacifica involved a foul-mouthed monologue by which comedian?

George Carlin

Which of the following is NOT part of the Miller test?

Obscenity must be utterly without social value

Which of the following uses of indecent speech would most likely run afoul of the FCC's indecency rules?

Repeated and pandering uses of the F-word on a broadcast TV show at 6pm

Obscene and indecent speech have which of the following in common?

They both involve sexual and scatological functions

According to the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in Stanley v. Georgia, ________________.

individuals have a First Amendment right to possess obscenity

According to Mathews v. U.S., ________________.

journalists do not have a First Amendment right to possess child pornography

According to the U.S. Supreme Court's holding in FCC v. Fox, the FCC's order on fleeting expletives was _____________.

unconstitutional, because it violated the Fifth Amendment due to the regulation being too vague