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Publication details [#52602]

Goh, Debbie. 2008. It's the Gays' Fault. News and HIV as Weapons Against Homosexuality in Singapore. Journal of Communication Inquiry 32 (4) : 383–399.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

control1 | disease terminology | gay | health | news reporting

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This paper discusses how the Singapore's national daily framing of homosexuality as promiscuous, a serious health risk (viz. The spread of HIV/AIDS) and contrary to traditional values, served as a government platform to restore control and subvert Singaporean homosexuality.