Broadcasting the Pandemic: A History of HIV on South African Television

Author:   Rebecca Hodes ,  Derek Hook
Publisher:   HSRC Press
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9780796924490


Pages:   236
Publication Date:   01 March 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Broadcasting the Pandemic: A History of HIV on South African Television


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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. 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. It provides a contemporary history of television in South Africa, and its role in the most influential social movement to have emerged from the democratic transition: the HIV activist movement. 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.

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Author:   Rebecca Hodes ,  Derek Hook
Publisher:   HSRC Press
Imprint:   HSRC Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.388kg
ISBN:  

9780796924490


ISBN 10:   079692449
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   01 March 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Rebecca Hodes is the deputy director at the AIDS and Society Research Unit at the University of Cape Town.

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