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Published on: September 19, 2019
Public discourses about teenage pregnancy: disruption, restoration, and ideology
Jennifer J Bute1, Laura D Russell
1Department of Communication Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Cavanaugh Hall, 425 University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. jjbute@iupui.edu
Abstract:
Two recent incidents in the United States generated a wealth of public discourses about a particular reproductive health issue: adolescent childbearing. As the media, political pundits, and private citizens pondered the meaning of these events, they expressed viewpoints, explanations, and possible solutions in mass-mediated outlets. We examined the discourses communicated in such outlets to understand how public discussion of teenage pregnancy reveals ideological assumptions about reproductive health, ideal family forms, and the expected life course.
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