COM CM 481 Lecture 13: Physical and Emotional Harm

• School: Boston University
• Department: Mass Communication, Advertising & Public Relations
• Course: COM CM 481
• Professor: tbartoncarter

Document Summary

California bill of violation with the argument that violence is obscenity so it"s not protected by the first amendment. The law was struck down, because it"s not obscenity, and the court was not ready to carve out another complete exception to the first amendment. No proof that games cause violent thoughts and actions in children. Video games are a form of speech, which means the first amendment includes them. Advertisements that cause liability for physical harm, the 1st amendment doesn"t apply. For unlawful activity that takes them outside of the 1st amendment. Somebody used his add to hire someone to kill someone else (and was successful) Ordinary negligence or tort law, the court applied a test which attempts to reduce the duty of do care to mathematical formula- bpl. Bpl- liability terms on weather the burden of adequate proportions is less/greater than the probability of harm multiplied by the gravity of the harm.