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Document 0611
DOCN M94A0611
TI The HIV/AIDS anti-discrimination campaign: was it news?
DT 9412
AU Bell GK; Albion Street Centre, Surry Hills.
SO Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1993 Oct 28-30;5:79 (poster no. 11).
Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM5/94349044
AB OBJECTIVES: To examine the response of the major metropolitan newspapers
to the Federal Government's HIV/AIDS Anti-discrimination campaign in
January, 1993; to explore current attitudes in the media towards AIDS.
METHODS: Interviews with journalists involved in writing about the
campaign and with members of the Australian National Council on AIDS; a
comparison with the Grim Reaper in 1987. RESULTS: Australia's
metropolitan newspapers ran about 30 items on the anti-discrimination
campaign. By contrast, in the single month of April, 1987, when the Grim
Reaper was run, the print media carried more than 900 stories on AIDS.
Since then, the number of items on HIV/AIDS carried in the print media
has gradually declined to about 200 a month. While journalists maintain
AIDS is still an important story, the coverage shows a marked decline in
its priority and importance. CONCLUSION: The story of AIDS has become
routine. The media has lost interest. The reasons and the implications
will be discussed.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY Australia *Health
Education Health Priorities Human HIV Infections/*PSYCHOLOGY
*Newspapers *Prejudice *Public Opinion MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).