Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27732
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Abstract available in CD and print formats., Paper presented to the Research Special Interest Group at the annual meeting of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences, in Traverse City, Michigan, June 10, 2008.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27734
Notes:
Available in CD and print formats., Abstracts of six papers presented to the Research Special Interest Group at the annual meeting of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences, in Traverse City, Michigan, June 10, 2008. 10 pages., Titles: Genetically modified crops in developing countries: a meta-analysis of mass media coverage, public knowledge and attitudes; Conversations with gatekeepers: an exploratory study of agricultural publication editors' decisions to publish risk coverage; Branding the land-grant university: agricultural producers' and community leaders' awareness of the tripartite mission; Student publication's' place in agricultural communication curriculum; A content analysis of food safety measures on television's Food Network; and Food tube: online coverage of food safety.
15 pages., via online journal., Author's review of emerging organizational stigma literature centers on what he describes as core-stigmatized organizations. They reflect "an evaluation held and often expressed by some social audience(s) that an organization or set of organizations is discounted, discredited, and/or tainted in some way owing to some core attribute or attributes." Tobacco companies are among examples mentioned.
