You are here

Disable VAT on Taiwan

Unfortunately, as of 1 January 2020 SAGE Ltd is no longer able to support sales of electronically supplied services to Taiwan customers that are not Taiwan VAT registered. We apologise for any inconvenience. For more information or to place a print-only order, please contact uk.customerservices@sagepub.co.uk.

The Circuit of Mass Communication
Share
Share

The Circuit of Mass Communication
Media Strategies, Representation and Audience Reception in the AIDS Crisis



February 1998 | 256 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
This book moves beyond the narrow focus of much of the work on media and cultural studies to examine the whole process of interaction between the media and the social world. Rejecting approaches which focus only on ownership or discourse or audience reception, this new book from the Glasgow Media Group, examines: promotional strategies; media production; representation and audience responses; as well as broader impacts on policy, culture and society.

Using a detailed analysis of the struggle over representation during the AIDS crisis as point of departure, The Circuit of Mass Communication reveals the power of the media to influence public opinion, and the complex interaction between media coverage, audience response and contemporary power relations. Based on extensive empirical research, this book offers a range of challenging insights on media power, active audiences and moral panics.

Jenny Kitzinger and David Miller
Introduction
David Miller and Kevin Williams
The AIDS Public Education Campaign, 1986-90
Peter Beharrell
News Variations
David Miller and Peter Beharrell
AIDS and Television News
David Miller
AIDS on Television
Form, Fact and Fiction

 
David Miller and Kevin Williams
Sourcing AIDS News
Kevin Williams and David Miller
Producing AIDS News
Jenny Kitzinger
Media Impact on Public Beliefs about AIDS
Jenny Kitzinger
Resisting the Media
The Extent and Limits of Media Influence

 
David Miller and Jenny Kitzinger
AIDS, the Policy Process and Moral Panics
Jenny Kitzinger and David Miller
Conclusion

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 fiction. Challenging 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

For instructors

Please contact your Academic Consultant to check inspection copy availability for your course.

Select a Purchasing Option

ISBN: 9780803977037
£61.99
ISBN: 9780803977020
£161.00

SAGE Knowledge is the premier social sciences platform for SAGE and CQ Press book, reference and video content.

The platform allows researchers to cross-search and seamlessly access a wide breadth of must-have SAGE book and reference content from one source.