The purpose of this study was fourfold: first, to analyze reader evaluations of Sarah Palin's role in the pregnancy as mother and statesperson; second, to identify and examine the major rhetorical strategies used to position Bristol Palin as either a private or public subject; third, to identify the schemas, or stereotypes, employed in discussions about Bristol Palin's teen pregnancy and how these schemas were reinforced, negotiated, and/or rejected through reader discourse; and fourth, to understand how these rhetorical themes implicate and influence the metadiscourse surrounding teen pregnancy in the United States. To investigate these questions, a feminist rhetorical analysis was performed on reader responses to the news of Bristol Palin's pregnancy from a sample consisting of conservative, liberal, and popular internet news sites. / A Thesis Submitted to the College of Communication and Information in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts. / Summer Semester, 2009. / July 7, 2009. / Feminist Rhetorical Criticism, Gender Schemas, Teen Pregnancy, Sarah Palin, Bristol Palin / Includes bibliographical references. / Donna Nudd, Professor Directing Thesis; Davis Houck, Committee Member; Jeanette Castillo, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_180254 |
| Contributors | Schmidt, Erin (authoraut), Nudd, Donna (professor directing thesis), Houck, Davis (committee member), Castillo, Jeanette (committee member), School of Communication (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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