The Circuit of Mass Communication by David Miller
This book examines mass media representations of AIDS from their inception through to their impact on public understandings. Rejecting approaches which focus only on ownership, discourse or audience reception, the authors examines: promotional strategies; media production; representation and audience responses; as well as broader impacts on policy, culture and society.
The book begins by documenting the politics of AIDS health education initiatives in Britain and goes on to examine the nature of the media coverage, identifying how it has changed over time and differed between newspapers, TV news, documentary and fictionChallenging a simple `moral panic′ model of the AIDS crisis, the authors provide detailed documentation and critical analysis of the complex interaction between policy makers, health education, the media and `the public′.
`Beyond its obvious appeal to those interested in the history, sociology, and cultural study of AIDS in the United Kingdom, this collection also provides a valuable contribution to the broader areas of media history and the contemporary history of health and medicine, two areas that, as this book demonstrates, share a complex and largely un-researched history.′ - Social History of Medicine
David B. Miller is Emeritus Professor of Russian History at Roosevelt University in Chicago. He wrote the chapter The Orthodox Church in The Cambridge History of Russia, vol. 1.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780803977037 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803977034 |
| Title | The Circuit of Mass Communication |
| Author | David Miller |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Year published | 1998-01-29 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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