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

Critical Reflection

Obscenity , indecency and pornography it’s all different things and I will explain about it. First ,Obscenity means to describe anything such as inappropriate words , media forms ,and pictures which portray any offensive particularly in sexual issues which still can be accepted in moral standard. A few pictures of obscenity:-


Richard Gere kissed Shilpa Shetty during an AIDS awareness program in India.



A Flyer.

Indecency means something or someone looked unsuitable or no manners .It can be anything that describe indecency , for example someone who screaming in the public without reason or, a women who wears a sexy dress which exposed almost of their skin walking on the streets. Many teenager nowadays doing some indecency stuff because of they think it was a fun things to do , this is a video of public indecency:-



Pornography means explicit representation of sexual activity in some media form , for examples videos , pictures and magazines. Pornography are usually a social taboo but it became popular with the spread of media especially from the internet. Below is an example of Pornography DVD cover :-


Personal Reflection

This week mlc class the lecturer asked we to do an essay about the human needs that the Media help satisfy in term of the News and Entertainment.We need to write not more or less than 800 words.