To cure or to prevent? Rhetorical strategies in the campaigns of Polish National Centre for AIDS (Krajowe Centrum ds. AIDS) Cover Image

Leczyć czy zapobiegać? Strategie retoryczne w kampaniach Krajowego Centrum ds. AIDS
To cure or to prevent? Rhetorical strategies in the campaigns of Polish National Centre for AIDS (Krajowe Centrum ds. AIDS)

Author(s): Katarzyna Czech
Subject(s): Language studies, Sociology
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne
Keywords: HIV;AIDS; social campaign; rhetoric in media;

Summary/Abstract: Social campaigns of the Polish National Centre for AIDS (Krajowe Centrum ds. AIDS) construct Poles' knowledge about HIV/AIDS. They make a social diagnosis, so investigating their rhetorical strategies allows one to recreate the image of the condition and its victims. The advertisements convince that HIV/AIDS is a universal concern. However, they do not offer any reliable information about the virus itself and about the ways of avoiding infection. They replace prevention with diagnostics.

  • Issue Year: 4/2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 75-86
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish