Publications

Publication details [#33671]

Allen, Mike, Mark Casey, Tara Emmers-Sommer, Erin Sahlstein, Dan Degooyer, Alaina M. Winters, Amy Elisabeth Wagner and Tim Dun. 2003. When a Celebrity Contracts a Disease: The Example of Earvin "Magic" Johnson's Announcement That He Was HIV Positive. Journal of Health Communication 8 (3) : 249–265.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

audience | communication | disease terminology | health

Place, Publisher

Taylor & Francis Health Sciences

ISBN

1081-0730

Annotation

This study examines the impact of Earvin Johnson's public announcement that he was HIV positive on children's/adolescents' and adults' perceptions of risk.