Graduation Year
2019
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Politics and International Relations
Reader 1
Thomas Kim
Reader 2
Mark Golub
Rights Information
2019 Gretta K Richardson
Abstract
This project sought to explore the narratives and rhetorical themes that permeate the anti-vaccination movement. Mass media has portrayed vaccine refusal groups as stupid, as conspiracy theorists, and as radically selfish. However, the data I analyzed from vaccine refusal nonprofits and advocacy groups supports that although these themes may appear to be radical, in reality, each is congruent with already present societal frameworks, particularly neoliberal social discourse and a preoccupation with the individualistic and self-determined health care rather than utilitarian or collective action.
Recommended Citation
Richardson, Gretta, "Individual Bodies, Informed Consent, and Self-Determination: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Vaccine Refusal Movement" (2019). Scripps Senior Theses. 1380.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1380
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