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Introduction: The 30-year history of AIDS (the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) the mass media has played a key role in terms of its function to inform the public and also its influence on the generation and strengthening of opinions. Objectives: The focus of the present study is to analyze material related to AIDS published in the written press, specifically in the newspaper "El País" (Andalusia Edition), during the period between 2008 and 2011. Said material is compared with similar texts mostly from the same media from the 1980s and 1990s. Material y Methods: This is a descriptive, transversal, retrospective and comparative study. In order to carry it out, the journalism documents access platform LexisNexis® is utilized along with the paper "AIDS in the Mass Media" (2002). Results: The 167 publications between 2008 and 2011 are compiled, selected, analyzed for content and then classified into categories for their posterior analysis. Discussion: There is a notable evolution in terms of the way in which news is dealt with regarding knowledge about the disease itself. Another fact to be considered is that there is no significant change with regards to the degree of discrimination or stigmata associated with the disease insofar as relates to society as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: The 30-year history of AIDS (the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) the mass media has played a key role in terms of its function to inform the public and also its influence on the generation and strengthening of opinions. Objectives: The focus of the present study is to analyze material related to AIDS published in the written press, specifically in the newspaper 'El País' (Andalusia Edition), during the period between 2008 and 2011. Said material is compared with similar texts mostly from the same media from the 1980s and 1990s. Material y Methods: This is a descriptive, transversal, retrospective and comparative study. In order to carry it out, the journalism documents access platform LexisNexis® is utilized along with the paper 'AIDS in the Mass Media' (2002). Results: The 167 publications between 2008 and 2011 are compiled, selected, analyzed for content and then classified into categories for their posterior analysis. Discussion: There is a notable evolution in terms of the way in which news is dealt with regarding knowledge about the disease itself. Another fact to be considered is that there is no significant change with regards to the degree of discrimination or stigmata associated with the disease insofar as relates to society as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]