The project I am about to develop concerns the wrong, little or manipulated information upon HIV/AIDS through interviews. It is a fact that it is impossible to impose information if there is no motivation from the receiver. What I came to understand from my Portuguese background is that there is a possibility to induce information when someone gets in a situation of shame or embarrassment for not knowing something. I do make clear, even by provoking this situation, not knowing is not the fundamental in this interviews because in my personal opinion the information that gets to the people is more likely to be manipulated before received. As an example I mention porn in which the lack of condoms used on-screen in the porn industry caused positive HIV tests on performers. The Los Angeles Times has reported that 22 porn film performers have tested positive for HIV in the last five years. The news reignited concerns that the adult entertainment industry is not protecting actors from the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. Clearly, if the porn industry is illegal there is no impositions from the state in order to induce people on safe sexual practices. Moreover, if an effective and right information is not being passed to the individuals concerning sexual education it is likely that Internet takes over in a less formal, medical content way. Having affirmed that I do also underline that the primary aim would be a political consciousness from the interviewed. What I am expecting from the series of interviews that I am about to make is the capacity to evoke someone’s thinking behind the question or statement in the interviewed eyes.
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