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THE ROLE OF TV IN MY GUESSES |
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Though I would like to boast that my choices when watching TV include CNN and other news networks, I must admit that I watch my fair share of MTV. Intermittent in the commercials during programs such as the Real World or My Super Sweet Sixteen, are little advertisements advocating safe sex and urging young adults to get tested for HIV. On the MTV website, there is a page dedicated to where and how to get tested for HIV (13). In addition, the network advertises for different benefit concerts that will be taking place to raise money for children in Africa afflicted with not only HIV/AIDS, but also with diseases like measles and malaria. To advertise, the network generally states a disturbing fact about the rate of children in Africa who have AIDS or who have been orphaned by the disease. These types if references only furthered my belief that AIDS is solely a problem in poor, third world nations.
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