"This report shares the findings of five studies of media coverage of HIV/AIDS, carried out in Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe by the Panos London AIDS Programme, with the support of Johns Hopkins University. The studies aimed to explore some of the issues and tensions involved
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in the relationship between the media and HIV/AIDS. In particular, they aimed to identify how the media could better fulfill its potential role in responding to the epidemic, for example by 'moving beyond awareness raising' and acting as a channel to encourage individual and social change, providing a forum for debate and holding decision-makers to account. According to the writers, the studies focused on radio and print media. They used desk research, individual interviews and group discussions, involving editors, broadcasters, journalists, academics and health workers, as well as representatives of HIV/AIDS agencies, non-governmental organisations, faith-based groups and the general public. They were carried out by local consultants over two months during 2004, with supplementary desk research and interviews in 2005. Sections 1 & 2 of this report provide an analysis of the context, themes and recommendations that emerged from across the different studies. Sections 3-7 summarise the audit for each country, including: a summary of the national political and HIV/AIDS context; information about policy and ownership issues in relation to radio and print; an analysis of the relationship between the media and HIV/AIDS; and conclusions and recommendations." (www.comminit.com, January 30, 2006)
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"The point is that Africa, whether South, East or West, is still dominated by Western publishers. They have been doing sterling work. But the fact that only a small section of locals have control over what is published has implications for the kind of material that is published." (GIZ Library Bonn)
"Tel est donc l’objectif de cet ouvrage : allier la réflexion théorique sur le rôle des médias dans les conflits et les processus de paix à des études de cas pratiques issus de l’expérience récente de neuf pays d’Afrique centrale. Cette recherche vise donc, d’une part, à mieux compr
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endre les dynamiques qui sont en jeu dans les paysages médiatiques de ces États et, d’autre part, à identifier des voies pouvant contribuer à les renforcer ou à les freiner. La documentation et la réflexion devant préparer l’action, ce livre ambitionne de fournir certains éléments d’analyse susceptibles d’aider à mieux comprendre et donc à mieux agir." (Introduction, page 8)
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"The study revealed important coverage by Project ‘Radio SIDA’ of the targeted populations. 89% of the population that was studied declared having heard about AIDS on the radio. Radio is clearly the most important source of information for both urban and rural populations. Given that 68% of the
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population also knew that the broadcasts were produced by ALT, it can be concluded that a large part of their knowledge about HIV originated from Project ‘Radio SIDA’. Knowledge about AIDS was impressive, and 75% of the population could quote blood and sexual relations as ways of transmitting HIV/AIDS, and 77% could quote both fidelity and condoms as means of prevention. More fundamentally, the Focus Group Discussions revealed that the broadcasts seem to have had considerable impact on the population’s belief in the existence of HIV/AIDS, given the characteristics of the region this is really quite a success. Project ‘Radio SIDA’ can congratulate itself for having considerably increased AIDS knowledge in the urban and rural populations of the Anosy and Androy regions after undertaking only two sub-projects that each lasted 7 months and only cost $25,000." (Executive summary)
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"This thesis considers the role of the mainstream South African print media in perpetuating discrimination during the years of legalised racial discrimination – commonly known as apartheid – from when the Herenigde Nationale Party took power in May 1948 with an unprecedented 28-seat swing under
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the leadership of 74-year-old Dr Daniel F. Malan until it was replaced by the African National Congress, black-dominated unity government in April, 1994. Against an historical background, it focuses on the agenda and efforts of the mainstream metropolitan print media during the apartheid era, the build-up to the first nonracial elections, and the media’s role in the immediate post-apartheid era." (Abstract, page 5)
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