What are the three parts of the Miller v. California test for obscenity?

What will be an ideal response?


Material is obscene if (1) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interests; (2) the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexual conduct specifically defined by the applicable state law; and (3) the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.

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Interviews tend to be one-sided processes

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Recent studies show that both socialization and gender role expectations

a. can influence how we communicate with others. b. are based upon tests of statistical significance. c. refer to an individual who places her or his own needs before group needs. d. refer to an individual who places group needs before individual needs. e. refer to indirect, implicit, and subtle communication.

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Debbie wants to know if her audience is mostly male or female. She should conduct a(n) ____________________ audience analysis

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The five steps in the process of conversation, in sequential order, are __________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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