A művi abortusz reprezentációja a magyar online médiában

Abstract

This study focuses on how induced abortion is represented in the Hungarian online media inrelation to the reception of the public debate on the new Polish abortion law. The study was aimedat revealing the major themes, the embedding conceptual network and the framing of inducedabortion in the online press. Since the press is an essential influencing factor of public opiniondue to its broad publicity, research should focus on the characteristics of the discourse in whosespace the concerned individuals form their views and make decisions on abortion. A thematicanalysis of relevant press releases revealed eight major themes that framed abortion in a specificmanner: thematization of induced abortion as a social/demographic issue; legislative issues of;and attitudes towards, abortion; abortion as an act of (physical) self-determination; contentsrelated to the abortion decision; to its causes and consequences; and depiction of womenchoosing abortion. Furthermore, the analysis revealed the themes most frequently associatedwith abortion and potentially related themes typically not associated with it.