Sex Control Technology and Reproductive "Choice": The Conflation of Technical and Political Argument in the New Science of Human Reproduction

Stearney, Lynn M.

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2885.1996.tb00138.x

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“…From the vantage of communication studies, the underlying communication processes that contribute to decisions such as funding for cancer research and prevention are of interest. Published public health communication research has illustrated the role of technical versus political arguments to justify reproductive choice versus control policies and practice (Stearney, 1996), arguments about conscience to examine euthanasia (Hyde & Rufo, 2000), as well as debates about environmental tobacco smoke and subsequent policy (Moore, 1997). An ongoing theme in research that examines societal discourse about the public's health relates to a possible role for media violence in real violence (e.g., Dee, 1987).…”

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Emphasizing “Communication” in Health Communication

Parrott

2004

Journal of Communication

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Interest in health communication inside and outside the field of communication has grown over the past 2 decades. In the Healthy People 2010 objectives, for example, a chapter on health communication appeared for the first time since the 1979 adoption of this framework to provide a national prevention agenda. Within the chapter, health communication is defined as follows:the art and technique of informing, influencing, and motivating individual, institutional, and public audiences about important health issues. The scope of health communication includes disease prevention, health promotion, health care policy, and the business of health care as well as enhancement of the quality of life and health of individuals within the community. (U.S.Such an encompassing definition has at its core a focus on the strategic design and use of communication, which this review will demonstrate depends on knowledge based in understanding the more informal and less intentional communication processes relating to health. Moreover, when communication is emphasized in health communication, it becomes evident that communication behavior is and should be a priority in health communication research and practice, as communication behavior contributes to vital health outcomes. Sometimes, communication behavior directs positive health behavior; at other times, it contributes to behavior with negative health outcomes. Often, communication behavior itself is the direct descendant of positive or negative health status, or is importantly affected by health status. Ultimately, strategic health communication seen from the vantage of communication emphasizes the reality that people's physical and mental wellbeing depends far more on the ability to manage health day-to-day than on the teachable moments that occur via health promotion and education or via medical interaction.Health communication covers a broad range of topics, as stated in the opening definition, including disease control and prevention, emergency preparedness and response, injury and violence prevention, environmental health, and workplace safety and health. Health promotion activities at the national level reflect a devel-

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2004

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Topical Perspective and the Rhetorical Grounds of Practical Reason in Arguments about Science

Prelli

2001

Science Communication in Theory and Practice

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Empirical Diversity, Interdependence, and the Problem of Rhetorical Invention and Judgment: The Case of Wife Abuse Facts

Prelli

1996

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facts of wife abuse and how best to attain them. This debate occurs under circumstances of "empirical diversity" that involve researchers who investigate wife abuse with different methods and adduce a range of often seemingly incompatible facts. Consequently, disputants confront a special pluralistic version of the ancient rhetorical problem of invention and judgment: How can one establish common grounds for creation and evaluation of arguments about facts in the presence of empirical diversity? This essay conducts a topical analysis of Straus's arguments, which reveals two distinct approaches to this problem. One approach locates adjudicating standards in values and assumptions rooted deeply within Straus's preferred orientation toward the issues. Arguments premised on that kind of standard polarize rhetorical judgment under empirically diverse circumstances. The other approach locates standards in practical points of interdependence among disputants. Arguments premised on the interdependence topos open possibilities for more constructive deliberation among those who argue for seemingly incompatible facts. The essay shows that topical analysis of the 'ksrats" of invention and judgment affords opportunities for practical intervention in controversies about science.

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Sex Control Technology and Reproductive "Choice": The Conflation of Technical and Political Argument in the New Science of Human Reproduction

Cited by 4 publications

References 30 publications

Emphasizing “Communication” in Health Communication

Emphasizing “Communication” in Health Communication

Topical Perspective and the Rhetorical Grounds of Practical Reason in Arguments about Science

Empirical Diversity, Interdependence, and the Problem of Rhetorical Invention and Judgment: The Case of Wife Abuse Facts

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