A Report: AIDS

Singer, Eleanor; Rogers, Theresa F.; Corcoran, Mary

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“…While the available data are limited, our analyses raise the possibility that anti-gay attitudes constrain the ability of the media to effectively communicate information about risk factors and how the disease is transmitted. Researchers need to explore the possibility that anti-gay attitudes stand between media information and public knowledge and public opinion.According to Singer, Rogers, and Corcoran (1987), the first U.S. poll on AIDS was conducted in June 1983. Since then, polls on AIDS and issues related to the epidemic have become increasingly frequent.…”

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Determinants of Public Opinion About AIDS

Stipp¹,

Kerr²

1989

Public Opinion Quarterly

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Findings from analyses presented in this paper, using data from a Roper survey, suggest that the role of attitudes toward homosexuals should be at the center of future explorations of the relationship between the media coverage of AIDS and public opinion. While the available data are limited, our analyses raise the possibility that anti-gay attitudes constrain the ability of the media to effectively communicate information about risk factors and how the disease is transmitted. Researchers need to explore the possibility that anti-gay attitudes stand between media information and public knowledge and public opinion.According to Singer, Rogers, and Corcoran (1987), the first U.S. poll on AIDS was conducted in June 1983. Since then, polls on AIDS and issues related to the epidemic have become increasingly frequent. Surveys have explored awareness, perceived importance of AIDS as a national issue, knowledge about transmission routes and affected groups, attitudes toward people with AIDS, opinions about policy issues such as spending, testing, and quarantine, and behavior in response to AIDS and its perceived risks, including precautions taken and changes in sexual practices.Researchers have discussed these poll findings primarily in the context of agenda-setting models, looking at the media's impact on the public's perception of the issue. This is true of Singer, Rogers, and Corcoran (1987) and, as their title suggests, of Dearing, Rogers, and Fei's paper "The agenda-setting process for the issue of AIDS" (1988). However, the latter authors do not find that "traditional agendasetting" models explain the processes they found in their analysis.

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Determinants of Public Opinion About AIDS

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1989

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“…The results of social-scientific AIDS-research among populations in several countries furnish insight into what is known about sources of diffusion and possibilities for prevention (for overviews see Blendon and Donelan, 1988;Deating, 1989;Singer et al, 1987 andWebb, 1988). In longitudinal studies, attention is paid to changing opinions (cf.…”

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“…Although research results appear contradictory, generally a higher level of perceived susceptibility and behavioral adjustment is attributed to women. As far as age and educational level are concerned, young or more educated people are characterized by a higher level of instrumental knowledge, perceived susceptibility and behavioral adjustment than older and/or less educated people (Allard, 1989;Damrosch et al, 1988;Freudenberg, 1990;Kappel et al, 1989;Moatti et al, 1988;Seltzer, 1989). Singer et al (1987 reported on the basis of an American survey conducted between 1983 and 1986, a systematically higher degree of perceived susceptibility and behavioral adjustment among persons from urbanized areas comprising a large number of AIDS patients (as well as among youths and singles).…”

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AIDS as Threat, AIDS as Stigma correlates of AIDS beliefs among the Dutch general public

Dekker¹,

Mootz²

1992

Psychology & Health

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m e central question of this article is whether findings about social and cultural correlates of preventive and public attitudes towards AIDS that were found in other western countries are also valid for the Netherlands. Answering this question contributes to the international accumulation of empirical knowledge about attitudes of the general public and might as well be relevant for the international transfer of knowledge about the public into assumptions of information campaigns. Eight hypotheses derived from international literature were tested on data of the 1987 module of "Cultural changes in the Netherlands," a general opinion survey of the Dutch population (16-80 years old). In line with international research, younger age and more education are correlated with preventive knowledge and social acceptance; however sex and urbanization do not make a difference in the Netherlands As expected, a negative attitude towards homosexuals is related to a lack of acceptance of people suffering from AIDS, support for mandatory screening for HIV, as well as a lack of preventive knowledge. Also in accordance with earlier research, "authoritarian attitudes" are far more important in explaining the public attitudes than beliefs about AIDS as an individual threat.

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“…Οι ίδιοι συγγραφείς δείχνουν ότι το 39% των ερωτηθέντων αποδέχεται την απόλυση από το χώρο εργασίας των προσβεβλημένων (7). Η φύση της εργασίας μας (εμπειρική έρευνα) αφενός και το είδος των αποτελεσμάτων που παραθέτουν οι παραπάνω συγγραφείς αφετέρου, δεν επιτρέπουν περαιτέρω συγκρίσεις.…”

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“…Οι μεγαλύτερες ηλικίες και οι άνδρες αποδέχονται σε υψηλότερα ποσοστά μια τέτοια ενέργεια, κοινωνικού στιγμα-τισμού, σύμφωνα με την έκφραση του Gofman (8), πρώτα και κύρια από το κράτος και τις υπηρεσίες του.…”

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Κοινωνιολογική Προσέγγιση Των Στάσεων Των Κατοίκων Της Δυτικής Αττικής Απέναντι Στους Προσβεβλημένους Από Το Σύνδρομο Επίκτητης Ανοσο-Ανεπάρκειας

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A Report: AIDS

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Determinants of Public Opinion About AIDS

Determinants of Public Opinion About AIDS

AIDS as Threat, AIDS as Stigma correlates of AIDS beliefs among the Dutch general public

Κοινωνιολογική Προσέγγιση Των Στάσεων Των Κατοίκων Της Δυτικής Αττικής Απέναντι Στους Προσβεβλημένους Από Το Σύνδρομο Επίκτητης Ανοσο-Ανεπάρκειας

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