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2. Annual report of agricultural communications, 1956 - 1962
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- College of Agriculture University of Illinois and United States Department of Agriculture Cooperating
- Format:
- Report
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 126 Document Number: C18567
- Notes:
- various report compiled into one document, Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics
3. Climate change communication in the Midwestern United States: perceptions of state park interpreters
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Balasubramanyam, Vidya (author), Stanis, Sonja Wilhelm (author), Morgan, Mark (author), and Ojewola, Ojetunde (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Springer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10506
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 63:615–628
- Notes:
- 14 pages., via online journal., Parks and protected areas can be ideal settings for climate change communication since many visitors have an affinity for natural and cultural settings, and an interest in resource protection. However, climate-based education efforts in the Midwestern United States may need a slightly different approach since this region lacks obvious indicators, such as sea level rise and melting glaciers. Interpretation, an informal communication process designed to transmit scientific information to visitors in leisure-based settings, could be a useful strategy for engaging visitors in climate change discussions. Few studies have assessed perceptions of interpreters on this topic, much less, their willingness to communicate such information. To address this issue, a mixed methods approach (surveys, interviews, photovoice) was used to examine interpreters’ perceptions of climate change and its impacts in Missouri State Park and Historic Sites. Although nearly 70% of interpreters were either alarmed or concerned about climate change, many of them were unsure about its causation. Interpreters report observing impacts such as flooding, earlier plant blooming, high temperatures, extreme weather, and invasive species, but were uncertain about attributing these impacts to climate change. Interpreters did not believe that visitors would be responsive to climate-based education per se but thought the topic could be addressed in pre-existing programs and activities. Rather than discussing complex science with visitors, interpreters felt more comfortable with conveying the significance of resources at their sites. Implications from this study include acknowledging multiple viewpoints, framing strategic messages, and developing place-based educational materials.
4. Open access to agricultural information in Kenya
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gorman, G.E. (author) and Muinde, Florence (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- unknown
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 183 Document Number: C37191