A Rhetorical Analysis of the Rethinking AIDS Website

Student's Name

Jennifer Dettmann, Minnesota State University, Mankato

1st Student's Major

Communication Studies

1st Student's College

Arts and Humanities

Students' Professional Biography

Jennifer Dettmann is a student in Communication Studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Mentor's Name

Daniel Cronn-Mills

Mentor's Email Address

daniel.cronn-mills@mnsu.edu

Mentor's Department

Communication Studies

Mentor's College

Arts and Humanities

Abstract

A group of scientists known as the Group for Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV-AIDS hypothesis created a web site title, Rethinking AIDS. The group behind the web site argues that AIDS is not a sexually transmitted disease. They even question the existence of the virus entity. My analysis is driven by the critical question: Does the web site construct a reality that affectively alters our perception of HIV-AIDS? In order to answer this question, Goodnight and Poulakos 1981 article, Conspiracy rhetoric: from pragmatism to fantasy to public discourse (Western Journal of Speech), will be utilized.

Recommended Citation

Dettmann, Jennifer (2001) "A Rhetorical Analysis of the Rethinking AIDS Website," Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato: Vol. 1, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56816/2378-6949.1183
Available at: https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/jur/vol1/iss1/3

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