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    1. Consumers’ attitudes towards animal suffering: a systematic review on awareness, willingness and dietary change

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Fonseca, Rui Pedro (author) and Sanchez-Sabate, Ruben (author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2022-12
    Published:
    Switzerland: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12781
    Journal Title:
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
    Journal Title Details:
    Volume 19, Issue 23
    Notes:
    23pgs, Planetary and human health depend on Westerners’ ability to reduce meat consumption. Meat production degrades the environment while excessive meat intake is associated with cancer and cardiovascular disease, among others. Effective reasons and motivations are needed for consumers to change their diet. The fact that modern animal agriculture inflicts a great deal of pain on animals from their birth to their slaughter, animal welfare/suffering may drive consumers to curtail their meat consumption. This systematic review examined a total of 90 papers to ascertain consumers’ awareness of the pain animals experience in animal agriculture, as well as consumer attitudes towards meat reduction due to animal welfare. Results show that consumers have low awareness of animal agriculture. Awareness of animal agricultural practices and animal sentience is associated with increased negative attitudes towards animal suffering. Animal suffering due to farming practices, transportation, slaughter, and animal sentience are factors that may encourage a reduction in meat consumption, and even dietary change in the short term. There is also evidence that animal suffering may be a more compelling motivation for consumers’ willingness to change their diet than for health or environmental reasons. Therefore, increasing consumers’ awareness of animal suffering in meat production is paramount to contributing to reduced pressure on the environment and improved human health. © 2022 by the authors.

    2. The Influence of Framing Effects on Public Opinion of Antibiotic use in Livestock

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Steede, Garrett M. (author), Meyers, Courtney (author), and Li, Nan (author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2020-01-01
    Published:
    United States: New Prairie Press
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11861
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Applied Communications
    Journal Title Details:
    2, Volume 104
    Notes:
    16 pages, After years of debates and opposition from pharmaceutical companies, the Final rule of the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) went into effect in January 2017 requiring antibiotics used for both humans and animals for the purpose of growth promotion to be discontinued. This study sought to determine the effects framing content regarding antibiotic use in livestock and antibiotic resistance had on public opinion. Using a between-subjects experimental survey research design, 297 respondents indicated their perceptions of antibiotic use in livestock and the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria before being randomly assigned to one of three conditions. Each condition was a mock Twitter account framed differently based on findings from previous studies. After reading their assigned mock Twitter page, respondents indicated their trust of the information contained in the account, their information seeking behavior, demographics, and their support for antibiotic use in livestock. Using an ANCOVA, results indicated the frame influenced trust of information (F = 8.7, p &lt; .05) and information seeking behavior (F = 4.48, p = .01) while support was not significant (F = 2.7, p = .07). Results suggest the blame frame has the greatest influence on shaping public opinion of antibiotic use in livestock and the development of antibiotic resistance.