Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C36257
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Pages 11-32 in Bruce Girard and Sean O. Siochru (eds.), Communicating in the information society, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, Switzerland. 223 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00606
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Address for the World Summit for the Information Society, Geneva, December 11, 2003, at the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Roundtable. 6 pages.
A study of the rise in popularity of radio in rural America in the 1920s and the portrayal of farmers in the press during this time. In the effort to promote the general value of radio, the press focused on how it was adopted by farmers. The media exaggerated the shortcomings of farm life, supporting the increasingly urban and modern way of life, and isolating and marginalizing rural dwellers.
"Reporter Ben Sutherly tried to find out information on a manure lagoon he suspected of evading regulation, but the USDA denied his Freedom of Information request."
