Rohlinger, Deana A.

Abortion politics, mass media, and social movements in America / Deana A. Rohlinger - New York : Cambridge University Press, c2015. - xii, 173 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.



Constraints on strategic choice -- The mass media field -- Abortion, social movements, and mass media -- Media, politics, and the National Right to Life Committee -- Reputation, political change, and the National Organization for Women -- Branding and the success of Planned Parenthood Federation of America -- Concerned Women for America and sympathetic media -- Conclusion -- Afterword: abortion politics in the twenty-first century.

Weaving together analyses of archival material, news coverage, and interviews conducted with journalists from mainstream and partisan outlets as well as with activists across the political spectrum, Deana A. Rohlinger reimagines how activists use a variety of mediums, sometimes simultaneously, to agitate for - and against - legal abortion.

9781107069237

2014021294


Abortion--Political aspects--United States
Social media--Political aspects--United States

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