This chapter reviews historical and contemporary advocacy journalism in a global context,
and identifi es future directions for research. The intention is not to offer a comprehensive …

Digital media provide novel tools for patient activists from disease-and condition-specific
communities. While those with debilitating conditions or disabilities have long recognised …

While communication scholars suggest that the internet can serve as an important resource
for social movement communication, few studies examine whether and how social …

This article argues that “health activism” as a concept has been overlooked as an important
element of health communication and situates the concept in relation to key areas of …

Die Pr () motionsschrift besteht in ursprSnglicher Form sowohl aus eincr thcorctischen als
auch aus einer empirischen Analyse des Konzepts politischer Gcgen6ffcntlichkcit. 1) a dcr …

This essay demonstrates how two US zines produced from 1990 to 1999 by and for gay men
with HIV/AIDS—Diseased Pariah News (DPN) and Infected Faggot Perspectives (IFP) …

As activists increasingly use the Internet to bypass traditional media gatekeepers,
disseminate their own messages, and mobilize protests, this study explores how activists in …

The health discourse in the media, which changed direction from focusing on? sickness?
towards emphasizing being? healthy?, provides the medical social control through control of …

Democratic Communications is the first book to subject long-standing assumptions about
alternative media and democratic communications to a detailed cultural and historical …

Little is known about the relationship between the Irish gay press and the AIDS crisis during
the 1980s. This article aims to fill this gap by presenting the findings of a study dealing with …