Date of Award
Fall 12-15-2010
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Dr. Marian Meyers
Abstract
This project examines how Nadya Suleman and Kate Gosselin were represented in the media following the births of their higher order multiples by conducting a critical textual analysis of newspaper and entertainment magazine articles to answer the following questions: How were Suleman and Gosselin portrayed as mothers? And how were they portrayed as recipients of reproductive technology? The findings illustrate that race and class combined with gender to play an important role in determining who has a right to be a mother and what that mother should look like. Traditional stereotypes within media coverage about good mothers and bad mothers reinforced prejudices about who deserves access to reproductive technology and who does not.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1664277
Recommended Citation
Hanna, Lisa A., "Nadya Suleman and Kate Gosselin in the Media: Exploring Images of Motherhood and Reproductive Technology." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2010.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1664277