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Communication and HIV/AIDS

This Working Group aims to develop an overview of existing and completed work in this area to identify gaps and to determine what work exists, worldwide and across agencies; to analyse this information and to draw up an IAMCR research agenda. This group is working towards research completion, publishing and distribution of findings. The purpose is to examine different perspectives from around the world on the enormous challenge HIV/AIDS presents to the field of communication—in terms of programmes, research, ethics, and many other cultural issues.

Chairs:
Sara Cardey [Contact]
Nancy Muturi [Contact]
Joseph Muyangata [Contact]

This is examining perspectives from around the world on the enormous challenge HIV/AIDS presents to the field of communication—in terms of programmes, research, ethics, and many other cultural issues. This group offers a forum for testing and critically reviewing interventions and policy employed to change behaviours. Closely aligned with the IAMCR theme on Policy & Law, this working group is often concerned with specific communities of actors and so is located under this theme as well.

Members of the Communication and HIV/AIDS Working Group.

Braga 2010 - Communication and HIV/AIDS Working Group Call for Papers

The Communication and HIV/AIDS Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) welcomes the submission of papers for the 2010 Conference to be held in Braga, Portugal, from 18 - 22 July 2010. The general theme of the conference is 'Communication and Citizenship: Rethinking Crisis and Change' and it aims to interrogate emergent models of communication and to open up innovative debates on mechanisms for empowering citizenship and participation. Creative and alternative thinking on old and new dimensions of social participation is expected to shed light on contemporary uncertainties and deadlocks.

Mexico 2009 - HIV/AIDS Working Group Call for Papers

The Communication and HIV/AIDS Working Group invites submissions for the IAMCR 2009 Conference in Mexico City, under the theme "Human Rights and Communication". We invite papers that reflect both theoretical and methodological challenges in HIV/AIDS communication research and practice, including abstracts reflecting upon and presenting results from on-the-ground communication experiences.

Papers, be they from theory or practice, should reflect upon the communication dimensions of the fight against HIV/AIDS. This may include, for example, policy challenges, implications of socio-economic or cultural contexts, the role of treatment in communication, campaign fatigue, governance and accountability issues.

Stockholm 2008 - Communication and HIV/AIDS Working Group Call for Papers

EXTENDED DEADLINE: 15 FEBRUARY 2008!

The Communication and HIV/AIDS Working Group hereby invites colleagues to submit abstracts for the IAMCR World Conference to be held in Stockholm in July. We invite abstracts which reflect both theoretical and methodological challenges in HIV/AIDS communication research as well as abstracts reflecting upon and presenting results from on-the-ground communication experiences. These experiences may well reflect the complexity of the fight against HIV/AIDS, including, for example, policy challenges, the implications of socio-economic or cultural contexts, the roll out of ARVs, campaign fatigue, the role of FBOs, governance and accountability issues, etc.