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2. Being left behind amidst Africa's rising imagery: the Maasai in the world of information and communication technologies (ICTs)
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Otenyo, Eric E. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11382
- Journal Title:
- Australasian Journal of Information Systems
- Journal Title Details:
- 21
- Notes:
- 15 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)., "In sum, the Africa rising myth and penetration of ICTs in rural areas masks the disposition of Maasai means of livelihood , and therefore worsening the groups' conditions of living.
3. Food television and otherness in the age of globalization
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kelly, Casey Ryan (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- USA: Lexington Books, Lanham, Maryland
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08677
- Notes:
- 153 pages.
4. Slow fashion and fiber farming: nexus for community engagement
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Trejo, H.X. (author) and Lewis, T.L. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-01-02
- Published:
- England: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 203 Document Number: D12241
- Journal Title:
- Fashion Practice
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 9, Iss. 1
- Notes:
- 24 pages, Agriculture and fashion become intertwined when fiber animals are used as a source of “raw materials,” including wool and mohair for clothing and textile production. This study evaluates the emerging visibility of fiber farms in the United States with sheep, alpacas, and angora goats in physical and virtual realms. This study explores twenty-first century fiber farmer discourses that contribute to Slow Fashion. Farmers have extensive expertise about their animals, fibers, and the farm landscape. The research methodology included a virtual ethnography on Facebook, and on-site visits to US fiber farms during 2013. Findings from the virtual ethnography conveyed how fiber farmers in Texas, Virginia, New York, and Illinois individualize the fiber animals with photographs, names, and descriptions of their personality characteristics. Individualizing fiber animals led to user engagement and interest in physically visiting fiber farms. Findings from on-farm visits in New York, led to deeper insight about alpaca fibers, a heritage breed of sheep, and the farmer’s role in the community. The “open” atmosphere created by fiber farmers suggests the sustained development of a local fiber industry, and opportunities for collaborations between fiber farms and the fashion industry.
5. Social media reveal that charismatic species are not the main attractor of ecotourists to sub-Saharan protected areas
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hausmann, Anna (author), Slotow, Rob (author), Di Minin, Enrico (author), Toivonen,Tuuli (author), Heikinheimo, Vuokko (author), and Tenkanen, Henrikki (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017-04-10
- Published:
- UK: Nature Portfolio
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13088
- Journal Title:
- Scientific Reports
- Journal Title Details:
- V.7, N.763
- Notes:
- 9 pages, Charismatic megafauna are arguably considered the primary attractor of ecotourists to sub-Saharan African protected areas. However, the lack of visitation data across the whole continent has thus far prevented the investigation of whether charismatic species are indeed a key attractor of ecotourists to protected areas. Social media data can now be used for this purpose. We mined data from Instagram, and used generalized linear models with site- and country-level deviations to explore which socio-economic, geographical and biological factors explain social media use in sub-Saharan African protected areas. We found that charismatic species richness did not explain social media usage. On the other hand, protected areas that were more accessible, had sparser vegetation, where human population density was higher, and that were located in wealthier countries, had higher social media use. Interestingly, protected areas with lower richness in non-charismatic species had more users. Overall, our results suggest that more factors than simply charismatic species might explain attractiveness of protected areas, and call for more in-depth content analysis of the posts. With African countries projected to develop further in the near-future, more social media data will become available, and could be used to inform protected area management and marketing.