Lupton D, Chapman S, Wong W L
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Kingswood, NSW, Australia.
Health Educ Res. 1993 Mar;8(1):5-17. doi: 10.1093/her/8.1.5.
This paper reports the results of a quantitative and qualitative content analysis of all articles about AIDS published in the Australian metropolitan press during the 7 month period of March-September 1990. During the study period, almost 2800 articles mentioning AIDS were published, representing a drop in number of articles published compared with earlier years. Those issues receiving most press attention included people living with AIDS, AIDS and the law, AIDS policy and politics, the general spread of HIV/AIDS, AIDS education campaigns, drugs and medical treatment, and the HIV/AIDS threat posed to prison officers and health practitioners. The analysis demonstrates that the reporting of AIDS has changed over the course of the epidemic: topics which in the past commanded enormous press attention, such as AIDS as a 'gay plague' and the threat posed by the disease to heterosexuals, are no longer considered as newsworthy. Implications for AIDS health promotion activities are discussed.
本文报告了对1990年3月至9月这7个月期间在澳大利亚都市报纸上发表的所有关于艾滋病的文章进行定量和定性内容分析的结果。在研究期间，发表了近2800篇提及艾滋病的文章，与前几年相比，文章数量有所下降。那些受到媒体最多关注的问题包括艾滋病患者、艾滋病与法律、艾滋病政策与政治、艾滋病毒/艾滋病的普遍传播、艾滋病教育运动、毒品与医疗治疗，以及艾滋病毒/艾滋病对监狱官员和医护人员构成的威胁。分析表明，在艾滋病流行过程中，对艾滋病的报道发生了变化：过去曾引起媒体极大关注的话题，如艾滋病作为“同性恋瘟疫”以及该疾病对异性恋者构成的威胁，不再被认为具有新闻价值。文中还讨论了对艾滋病健康促进活动的影响。
