Prevention through appropriate behavior is the best weapon available to fight further spread of HIV infection. However, individuals take necessary actions to prevent diseases such as AIDS only when they are properly informed and they feel motivated to respond to the information they possess. In order to achieve a clearer understanding of these two facets of the prevention process, this book examines the interplay of the messages individuals receive about AIDS at the public level and the messages exchanged between individuals at the interpersonal level. The specific purpose of the book is to provide a theoretical and conceptual foundation for understanding the pragmatic concerns related to the AIDS crisis in the United States and other parts of the world. The book represents the first systematic examination of how theory informs our understanding of AIDS and communication processes. Contributors explore the issues from a variety of theoretical and conceptual viewpoints. Their goal is to stimulate thought which will lead to the pragmatic application of the ideas presented. The chapters focus on four general communication concerns:
* interpersonal interaction as it relates to choices individuals make about safer sex practices,
* theory and practice of public campaigns about AIDS,
* intercultural issues, and
* critical and descriptive approaches for understanding news coverage of AIDS.

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Publisher

Routledge

Year

2012

ISBN

9781136474132

Edition

Topic

Filología

Subtopic

Estudios de comunicación

Front Cover
Half Title
COMMUNICATION
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
CHAPTER ONE Thinking about Safer Sex: The Risky Business of “Know Your Partner” Advice
CHAPTER TWO Predicting the Use of Condoms: Past Behavior, Norms, and the Sexual Partner
CHAPTER THREE A Compliance-Based Approach to the Study of Condom Use
CHAPTER FOUR Healthy Passions: Safer Sex as Play
CHAPTER FIVE Theoretical Foundations of AIDS Media Campaigns
CHAPTER SIX Audience Response to Health Messages About AIDS
CHAPTER SEVEN A Systems Approach to AIDS Communication: The Example of the National AIDS Information and Education Program
CHAPTER EIGHT The Place of Culture in HIV Education
CHAPTER NINE AIDS and the Media Agenda
CHAPTER TEN AIDS, Medicalization, and the News Media
Author Index
Subject Index