Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D06700
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Online via Adaptive Path, San Francisco, California. 3 pages., Blog review of a paper presented by Eric Gilbert and colleagues at CHI 2008. (See Document No. D06699) about rural and urban uses of social media. Author comments on evidence of "how people in rural areas say they want to reach beyond their communities, but in practice, they don't."
Lamm, Kevan W. (author), Rumble, Joy N. (author), Carter, Hannah S. (author), and Lamm, Elexa J. (author)
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Paper
Publication Date:
2015
Published:
USA
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05791
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Paper presented in the Agricultural Communications Section of the annual conference of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Atlanta, Georgia, January 31-February 1, 2015. 26 pages.
Online from https://doaj.org, Authors examined extension professionals, county agricultural commissioners, and members of farm bureaus and producer groups regarding their behavior and attitudes about use of information and communication technologies (ITCs). Results indicated that extension professionals experienced challenges in using ICTs more than the other sustainable agriculture stakeholders, "creating a technology gap between extension professionals and their clientele." Authors suggested use of an ICT community of practice and clear organizational guidelines for measuring and reporting performance related to ICT.