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Broadcasting the Pandemic: A History of HIV on South African Television
Rebecca Hodes
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Description for Broadcasting the Pandemic: A History of HIV on South African Television
Paperback. Broadcasting the pandemic pioneers a new methodology in scholarship about South Africa - using a television programme to explore the history of AIDS activism and policy. Its content will interest readers from a wide array of disciplines, including African studies, journalism, public health, sociology, cultural studies and the history of medicine. Num Pages: 236 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JHBA; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
Broadcasting the Pandemic tells the story of a South African television show, Beat It! Created during the aspirational years of the political transaction in which the broadcast media were posted to democratise the airwaves, Beat It! was first screened on public television in 1999 and developed into one of the most powerful health education initiatives in contemporary history. Broadcasting the Pandemic traces the show’s evolution, exploring how Beat It! used the medium of television to inform its viewers about HIV at a time of increasingly rapid infection rates, but in which government education and treatment campaigns were largely absent.
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Broadcasting the Pandemic tells the story of a South African television show, Beat It! Created during the aspirational years of the political transaction in which the broadcast media were posted to democratise the airwaves, Beat It! was first screened on public television in 1999 and developed into one of the most powerful health education initiatives in contemporary history. Broadcasting the Pandemic traces the show’s evolution, exploring how Beat It! used the medium of television to inform its viewers about HIV at a time of increasingly rapid infection rates, but in which government education and treatment campaigns were largely absent.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
HSRC Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Cape Town, South Africa
ISBN
9780796924490
SKU
V9780796924490
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