Department
Communication Studies
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Abstract
Obscenity, violence, and pornography have become a major concern of lawmakers, parents, Internet users, and providers. Each are concerned however for different reasons. This was a study of the levels of obscenity on the Internet. Through a comparative application of the 1936 Communications Act, the 1996 Communications Decency Act, and value of the material determined based on the Supreme Court LAPS test. Using "sex" as the search word, an Internet search through the Excite search engine was used resulting in over 455,000 possible sites. Fifty Internet web sites were chosen at random and studied Results indicate 64% of the sites contained obscenity, but only 21.88% of these sites contained any educational, literary, artistic, political, or scientific value as described in the LAPS test.
Advisor
Willis M. Watt
Date of Award
Spring 1997
Document Type
Thesis - campus only access
Recommended Citation
Langston, Linda, "Comparative Analysis of Obscenity on the Internet Through Application of Laps, 1934, and 1996 Regulations" (1997). Master's Theses. 2640.
DOI: 10.58809/TEZJ9778
Available at:
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/2640
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