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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kristin Palitza , Natalie Ridgard , Helen Struthers , Anton HarberPublisher: Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Imprint: Jacana Media Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9781920196257ISBN 10: 1920196250 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 11 October 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Book Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsThe role of the media in HIV reporting in South Africa: Media analysis of HIV reporting; quality of HIV reporting in South Africa; conflict and HIV in the South African press. HIV research and feature articles: Prevention of mother-to-child Transmission (PMTCT); children affected by HIV; abstinence and faithfulness; stigma, denial, and disclosure; traditional healers.ReviewsAuthor InformationKristin Palitza is an award-winning independent journalist and editor with more than 15 years experience. The focus of her work is on political, humanitarian, health and environmental issues. She has been published in a wide range of national and international newspapers and magazines and has worked for media houses in Germany, the US and South Africa, where she currently lives. Samples of her work can be viewed at www.kristinpalitza.com. Natalie Ridgard has worked on the social aspects of HIV for a decade and currently consults for a range of NGOs and international organisations, working on issues including HIV and the media and migration health. She holds a BA in Cultural and Literary Studies, English Language and Literature (Hons) (UCT) and an MPhil in Sociology (Cantab). Ridgard's research interests include the politics of the science of HIV and HIV reporting in South Africa. In this regard, she has published several research articles and supervised the writing and publishing of a wealth of journalism. Ridgard coordinated the HIV/AIDS & the Media Project from 2004 to 2007 and 2009 to 2010. Helen Struthers is a director and co-founder of Anova Health Institute. From 2003 to 2009 she was a programme director for a large multi-disciplinary research programme funded by USAID and a member of the executive management team at the Perinatal HIV Research Unit. She continues to manage this USAID programme under the auspices of Anova. She holds a BA (Hons) (UCT) and MSc in Applied Mathematics (Wits). Struthers has published extensively on the medical and social aspects of HIV. She is currently reading for her PhD, pursuing her enduring research interest in masculinity and HIV, in particular men who have sex with men. Struthers is co-founder and co-director of the HIV/AIDS & the Media Project. Anton Harber is the Caxton Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He was the co-founder and co-editor of the Weekly Mail (now the Mail & Guardian), editor of both the first and second editions of The A-Z of South African Politics and an executive producer of the television series Ordinary People and Hard Copy. He is a director of the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism, chair of BIG Media (Pty) Ltd and the Freedom of Expression Institute. A recipient of the Pringle Award for Press Freedom and the Missouri Medal of Honour, Harber writes columns in Business Day and Beeld and a blog at www.theharbinger.co.za. Harber is a co-director of the HIV/AIDS & the Media Project. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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