Online Anti-Choice Rhetoric: A New Generation, the Same Old Deception.
Location
CSU 204
Start Date
28-4-2009 9:00 AM
End Date
28-4-2009 11:00 AM
Student's Major
Gender and Women's Studies
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Jocelyn Stitt
Mentor's Department
Gender and Women's Studies
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
The pro-life movement is a powerful political movement. With the popularity of communicating through the internet growing rapidly in the past decade, especially for young people, the movement has become more successful in intervening in the lives of pregnant women and shaping the views of others. For this research I examined the movement to understand its goals and the ways in which it accomplishes them. In particular, I used content analysis to analyze online pro-life websites aimed at pregnant women, I examined the ways language and rhetoric is used to sway women in deciding to continue their pregnancy. It is important for those fighting for women's reproductive rights in the pro-choice movement to understand the efforts of its opposition. It is important for the pro-choice movement to directly respond to the deceptive information coming from the pro-life movement.
Online Anti-Choice Rhetoric: A New Generation, the Same Old Deception.
CSU 204
The pro-life movement is a powerful political movement. With the popularity of communicating through the internet growing rapidly in the past decade, especially for young people, the movement has become more successful in intervening in the lives of pregnant women and shaping the views of others. For this research I examined the movement to understand its goals and the ways in which it accomplishes them. In particular, I used content analysis to analyze online pro-life websites aimed at pregnant women, I examined the ways language and rhetoric is used to sway women in deciding to continue their pregnancy. It is important for those fighting for women's reproductive rights in the pro-choice movement to understand the efforts of its opposition. It is important for the pro-choice movement to directly respond to the deceptive information coming from the pro-life movement.
Recommended Citation
Dolentz, Emily. "Online Anti-Choice Rhetoric: A New Generation, the Same Old Deception.." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 28, 2009.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2009/oral-session-12/5
