A Rhetorical Analysis of the "Rethinking AIDs" Website

Location

CSU

Student's Major

Communication Studies

Student's College

Arts and Humanities

Mentor's Name

Daniel Cronn-Mills

Mentor's Department

Communication Studies

Mentor's College

Arts and Humanities

Description

A group of scientists known as the Group for Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV-AIDS hypothesis created a web site titled, "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.

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A Rhetorical Analysis of the "Rethinking AIDs" Website

CSU

A group of scientists known as the Group for Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV-AIDS hypothesis created a web site titled, "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.