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2. Deep ambivalence and wild objects: toward a strange environmental rhetoric
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rivers, Nathaniel A. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 156 Document Number: D07277
- Journal Title:
- RSQ: Rhetoric Society Quarterly
- Journal Title Details:
- 45(5) : 420-440
3. Extreme weather: politics and public communication
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Moodian, Michael A. (author) and Moodian, Margaret M. (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2016-04-21
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08271
- Notes:
- Chapter from Extreme Weather, Health, and Communities, part of the series Extreme Weather and Society pp 35-58
4. Should scientists talk about GMOs nicely? exploring the effects of communication styles, source expertise, and preexisting attitude
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Yuan, Shupei (author), Ma, Wenjuan (author), and Besley, John C. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Science Direct
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 78 Document Number: D10825
- Journal Title:
- Science Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 41(3): 267–290
- Notes:
- 24 pages., via online journal., The present study investigated the effects of communication styles, source expertise, and audiences’ preexisting attitudes in the contexts of the debate regarding genetically modified organisms. A between-subject experiment (N = 416) was conducted manipulating communication styles (aggressive vs. polite) and the expertise of the communicator (scientist vs. nonscientist) in blog articles. The results showed significant effects of communicator expertise and individuals’ preexisting attitudes on writer likability and message quality, depending on the communication style used. Expectancy violation was found as a significant mediator that explains the differences. These findings provided a plausible explanation for the way in which communication styles work in science communication contexts and offered practical implications for science communicators to communicate more strategically.
5. Using communicative ecology theory to scope the emerging role of social media in the evolution of urban food systems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hearn, Greg (author), Collie, Natalie (author), Lyle, Peter (author), Choi, Jaz Hee-Jeong (author), and Foth, Marcus (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-10
- Published:
- Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10912
- Journal Title:
- Futures
- Journal Title Details:
- 62(B): 202-212
- Notes:
- 11 pages., via online journal., Urban agriculture plays an increasingly vital role in supplying food to urban populations. Changes in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) are already driving widespread change in diverse food-related industries such as retail, hospitality and marketing. It is reasonable to suspect that the fields of ubiquitous technology, urban informatics and social media equally have a lot to offer the evolution of core urban food systems. We use communicative ecology theory to describe emerging innovations in urban food systems according to their technical, discursive and social components. We conclude that social media in particular accentuate fundamental social interconnections normally effaced by conventional industrialised approaches to food production and consumption.
6. Why websites work: An examination of interdisciplinary agricultural center websites
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- McLeod, Ashley (author), McKee, Valerie (author), Woodall, Savannah (author), McKee, Brandon (author), and Rumble, Joy (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: D10138
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 102(4)
- Notes:
- 16 pages, via online journal article, This study examined the online content of interdisciplinary agricultural center webpages. Content modification dates, mission statements, and content were determined through a content analysis. Many of the websites did not mention a modification date for the content, while many websites had outdated content mostly older than six months. More than two-thirds of the websites provided PDFs that visitor could download to learn more about topics, by many of the websites lacked any media element that was being coded. Additionally, many websites did not use multiple forms of media. More than half of the websites were coded as lacking any social media content or plugins, but out of the websites that did include social media content, Facebook was the most prevalent. The commonalities between the center’s mission displayed on the website and the content theme were analyzed and chi-square tests provided the degree of association. A significant association existed and an alignment between communication strategies and missions of the centers was concluded, which is important when organizations communicate about agricultural science as indicated by previous literature. It is recommended that centers communicate via their websites in a timely manner and allow modification times to be seen to viewers to show their information is up-to-date. Website media content should also be diversified and communicators of these centers should explore the unique communication opportunities provided by social media. Future research should explore the target audience of interdisciplinary agricultural centers and should analyze the messages centers are using to communicate with those audiences.