Communication and the Super Bowl
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Communication and the Super BowlThe Super Bowl itself is nothing more than a private football game contested between teams licensed by the National Football League (NFL). What makes it significant, however, is the sheer number of people who watch it. This year an estimated 140 million Americans watched the game (Barron, 2004, n.p.). This number does not include the millions more who watched the game around the world by satellite television. The show, therefore, offers a potentially large platform for advertisers, whether they be commercial or political. The real question is what First Amendment obligations does CBS, which had the rights to broadcast the Super Bowl this year, have regarding its broadcast.The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulates broadcast content, whether it be on television, radio or some other medium that is broadcast by an American-based organization and that reaches the American people (Paulson, 2004, n.p.). The FCC has the power to sanction companies, usually through fines, that broadcast indecent programming between six a.m. and ten p.m.. Thus, the FCC arguably could sanction CBS for showing Janet Jackson's brea
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