Explain what is meant by the terms obscenity and pornography Pornography involves the production, distribution, and sale ofsexually explicit material intended to sexually excite paying customers. The...

Explain what is meant by the terms obscenity and pornography Pornography involves the production, distribution, and sale ofsexually explicit material intended to sexually excite paying customers. The depiction ofsex and nudity is not illegal, but it does violate the law when it isjudged obscene. "Obscenity" is a legal term that today is defined as material offensive to community standards. Legally, something is considered obscene if the average person applying contemporary community standards would find that the work taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest; that the work depicts or describes prohibited sexual conduct; and whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. Thus, each localjurisdiction must decide what pornographic material is obscene. A growing problem is the exploitation of children in obscene materials (kiddie porn), which has been expanded through the Internet.