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Manufacturing Dissent: The News on Abortion-Related Protest in 1991

Husting, Virginia Ann

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Title
Manufacturing Dissent: The News on Abortion-Related Protest in 1991
Author(s)
Husting, Virginia Ann
Issue Date
1998
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Lie, John
Department of Study
Sociology
Discipline
Sociology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Journalism
Language
eng
Abstract
The news on abortion-related protest in 1991 ultimately constructs a narrowly defined vision of abortion-related activism in which there are three main actors; extremist pro-lifers, extremist pro-choicers, and regular people like us. In addition, the news's polarization of the issue, and its silence on structural problems like racism, poverty, and sexism, help keep the conflict over abortion irresolvable while marginalizing activism. The news, then, constructs a mythical, homogeneous community of 'Americans like us' whose boundaries are shored up by the outsiders or activists ('them'). Through these portrayals the news works to dismantle potent critiques of American society and politics that activism offers.
Graduation Semester
1998
Type of Resource
text
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