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

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