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.

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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