Sex, lies, and videotape: a content and textual analysis of media coverage of the HIV criminal prosecution of Michael Johnson

Media coverage of HIV criminal cases has deployed sexualized and racialized tropes, and portrayed defendants as villains. Several media analyses of HIV criminal trials have been conducted, though only one was in the US, and none involved young Black gay men, who are disproportionately impacted by HI...

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Authors: Campbell, Chadwick K. (Author) ; Rojo, Florencia (Author) ; Khanna, Naina (Author) ; Dworkin, Shari L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Crime, media, culture
Year: 2022, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 52-69
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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