Kinsella, James, 1959- Covering the plague : : AIDS and the American media / [electronic resource] / James Kinsella.. — New Brunswick : : Rutgers University Press,, c1989.. — vii, 299 p. : : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-287) and index.

Introduction: When does death become news? -- Whispers in the whirlwind -- Taking it personally -- Frustration on the wire -- Sex, death, and good old gray -- A killer on the cover -- Controlling what we know -- The unphotogenic epidemic -- Chronicler of the Castro -- A plague in the villages, by Robin Nagle -- The AIDS channel -- Third world correspondent -- The second wave -- Conclusion: mortal lessons for the media, and America -- Timeline of the plague: a medical, political, and media history of AIDS.



ISBN: 0813514819 9780813514819 0813514827 9780813514826

LCCN: 89035221

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 9213868 DNLM

Subjects--Topical Terms:
AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--United States.
AIDS (Disease) in mass media.
Mass media--United States.
AIDS.
Massamedia.
Berichtgeving.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
Mass Media.
AIDS
Massenmedien

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
USA

LC Class. No.: RA644.A25 / K56 1989

Dewey Class. No.: 362.196/979200973

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WD 308 / K56c 1989