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Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Florida Atlantic University
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2007
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2007
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Theresa Marie Schiavo died March 31, 2005. The 41-year-old's human and
communicative faculties were so deficient that a feeding tube was necessary to
nourish her and she had been silent for 15 years. In her final month, Ms. Schiavo's
health, the dispute between her husband and parents concerning the removal of her
feeding tube, and her subsequent death were covered extensively by American
broadcast, online and print media. As she lay silent in a Florida hospice, the U.S.
Congress, the president and the courts intervened, and those who spoke about her
matter and the news media propelled her human tragedy toward the top of the public
agenda. News stories, reports and analyses of the case from Time, Newsweek, The
New York Times, The Washington Post and St. Petersburg Times are analyzed using a
critical-qualitative approach to framing.
communicative faculties were so deficient that a feeding tube was necessary to
nourish her and she had been silent for 15 years. In her final month, Ms. Schiavo's
health, the dispute between her husband and parents concerning the removal of her
feeding tube, and her subsequent death were covered extensively by American
broadcast, online and print media. As she lay silent in a Florida hospice, the U.S.
Congress, the president and the courts intervened, and those who spoke about her
matter and the news media propelled her human tragedy toward the top of the public
agenda. News stories, reports and analyses of the case from Time, Newsweek, The
New York Times, The Washington Post and St. Petersburg Times are analyzed using a
critical-qualitative approach to framing.
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93 p.
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FA00000954
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Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2007.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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2007
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2007
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2007
Date Created (EDTF)
2007
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2007
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
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Reinson, Kyle F.
Graduate College
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The Politics of Silence: The Public and Private Matter of Theresa Marie Schiavo
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2007
2007
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Fla.
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Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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Boca Raton, Fla.
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Title
The Politics of Silence: The Public and Private Matter of Theresa Marie Schiavo
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The Politics of Silence: The Public and Private Matter of Theresa Marie Schiavo