AIDS AND THE MEDIA: Objective or subjective journalism by Jaco Nepgen
To get an indication of the role which the print media play or should play, i.e. informing the public about the disease and related issues surrounding HIV/Aids by using a combination of fair/objective/subjective and fact-based writing, one needs to look at elements such as South Africas socio-cult....
Aids in Society
Although the HIV/AIDS epidemic is still in its infancy in parts of the
GMS, it poses a serious health problem with disastrous economic and
social implications.
Thailand alone has 800,000 people with HIV/AIDS; Myanmar, 500,000; and
Cambodia, 250,000. Yunnan Province in the People's Republic....
failure of the fight against HIVAIDS in South Africa
1. INTRODUCTION
South Africa has been facing a serious HIV/AIDS epidemic. A recent estimate calculated that approximately 345,640 South Africans died in 2006 because of AIDS, accounting for 47% of all deaths in South Africa.# Reports reveal that the number of AIDS-related deaths each year has ri....