Working-Class Women in a Middle-Class World: The Impact of Television on Modes of Reasoning about Abortion.

Investigates how focus groups of working-class and middle-class women discuss abortion before and after viewing a television show that treats the issue. Impact of television on modes of reasoning about abortion on working-class women in a middle-class society; Description of the differences about t...

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Publicado en:	Critical Studies in Mass Communication Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 421 - 442
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec91
Materias:	Middle class women Abortion Violence on television Psychology of women employees Psychology United States
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Sumario:	Investigates how focus groups of working-class and middle-class women discuss abortion before and after viewing a television show that treats the issue. Impact of television on modes of reasoning about abortion on working-class women in a middle-class society; Description of the differences about the discourse of the social class about the issue; Assertion that working-class women use a more critical mode of speech.