Title
On The Nature And Dynamics Of Social Construction - The Case Of Aids
Abbreviated Journal Title
Soc. Sci. Q.
Keywords
Public-Opinion; Symbolic Racism; Attitudes; Homophobia; Responses; Victims; Fear; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Abstract
The evolution of AIDS as a social problem has been consistent in its group-symbolic connection to homosexuals. Attitudes toward gays are found to be strongly related to opinions about AIDS-infected school children, a group having nothing in common with homosexuals-save for the shared emblem of the disease. Furthermore, citizens who are the most politically involved are more polarized on this AIDS-related issue than are less sophisticated members of the public.
Journal Title
Social Science Quarterly
Volume
74
Issue/Number
1
Publication Date
1-1-1993
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
123
Last Page
135
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0038-4941
Recommended Citation
"On The Nature And Dynamics Of Social Construction - The Case Of Aids" (1993). Faculty Bibliography 1990s. 878.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1990/878
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