Biomedicalization, Stigma, and "Re-Gaying" HIV/AIDS in the Israeli Media.
HIV and AIDS are not merely biomedical conditions—they are socially constructed phenomena. Media coverage plays a prominent role in the public's understanding of HIV/AIDS. "Biomediatization" denotes the coproduction of HIV/AIDS by biomedicine and mass media. Nevertheless, despite the importance of t...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 50; no. 7; pp. 2813 - 2824 |
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Springer Nature
Oct2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=153368987&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 153368987 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00040002 ASX jtl: Archives of Sexual Behavior issn: 00040002 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Oct2021 vid: 50 iid: 7 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 153368987 10.1007/s10508-021-02061-1 ppf: 2813 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 609KB tig: atl: Biomedicalization, Stigma, and "Re-Gaying" HIV/AIDS in the Israeli Media. aug: au: Soffer, Michal affil: School of Social Work, Faculty of Sociassl Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave., Mount Carmel, 349883, Haifa, Israel su: Israel AIDS Mass media Social constructionism HIV sug: subj: AIDS Mass media Social constructionism Israel HIV keyword: Biomediatization HIV/AIDS Social construction Biomediatization HIV/AIDS Social construction ab: HIV and AIDS are not merely biomedical conditions—they are socially constructed phenomena. Media coverage plays a prominent role in the public's understanding of HIV/AIDS. "Biomediatization" denotes the coproduction of HIV/AIDS by biomedicine and mass media. Nevertheless, despite the importance of the media in the social construction of HIV/AIDS, research on HIV/AIDS coverage in the Israeli media is negligible. This study examined the social construction of HIV/AIDS in Israel. The sample includes all items (88 texts and videos) published in three of the top news websites in a 1-year period that mentioned HIV or AIDS. Thematic analysis was employed. Three themes were identified. "The biomedicalization of HIV/AIDS" depicted HIV/AIDS as a one-faceted, biological phenomenon that concerns the body of the individual and is a public health issue. The second theme, "HIV/AIDS and stigma," consisted of subthemes: "acknowledging stigma" and "constructing stigma." In the former, the stigma ascribed to HIV/AIDS was acknowledged and discussed. The latter revealed various mechanisms employed by the media to construct and perpetuate HIV/AIDS stigma. The third theme we identified, "re-gaying HIV/AIDS," concerned the various venues through which HIV/AIDS is associated with gay men. The findings show that HIV/AIDS was depicted as a biomedical condition that concerns the individual. The implications of our study include a need to change the rhetoric of HIV/AIDS in the Israeli media such that it will address the complex issues of power and inequality that HIV/AIDS entails. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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