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2. Consumer perceptions of the U.S. agriculture industry before and after watching the film "Food, Inc."
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Holt, Jessica (author) and Cartmell, Dwayne (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Published:
- USA: Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 190 Document Number: D02172
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 97(3) : 45-56
3. Consumers' evaluation of animal welfare labels on poultry products
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Powers, Rexanna (author), Li, Nan (author), Gibson, Courtney (author), Irlbeck, Erica (author), and Association for Communication Excellence (ACE)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-02
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11300
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 104(1)
- Notes:
- 18 pages., via online journal, As the public has expressed increasing concerns regarding the humane raising and handling of farm animals, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and industry organizations have developed a series of standards enforcing animal welfare in the poultry industry. Labels and value-added claims were created and defined to differentiate products and to inform consumers’ purchasing decisions. This study identified five labels related to animal welfare that are frequently found on food packages in the U.S. grocery stores, including both the mandatory labels and third-party, voluntary labels. Using a controlled online experiment (N=249), we examined the labels’ effects on consumers’ perception of humane treatment and purchasing tendencies toward egg products. Results showed that while most consumers lack knowledge regarding the labels’ meaning and certification standards, they rely on the labels with simplistic terms (e.g., "certified humane," "cage free") as heuristic cues to judge the ethical treatment of hens on the farm. However, the selected labels did not lead consumers to pay a higher premium for the labeled products. We discussed the implications for regulators, food marketers, and agricultural communicators.
4. Consumers' evaluation of animal welfare labels on poultry products
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Powers, Rexanna (author), Li, Nan (author), and Gibson, Courtney (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11337
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 104(1) Article 1
- Notes:
- Online via https://newprairiepress.org/jac, Authors identified five labels related to animal welfare that are frequently found on food packages in USA grocery stores Results of a controlled online experiment among consumers showed that while most consumers lacked knowledge regarding meaning of the labels and certification standards, they relied on the labels with simplistic terms as heuristic cues to judge the ethical treatment of hens on the farm. The selected labels did not lead consumers to pay a higher premium for the labeled products.
5. Feeding the debate: a qualitative framing analysis of organic food news media coverage
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Meyers, Courtney (author) and Abrams, Katie (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 181 Document Number: C36676
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 94(3-4) : 22-34
6. Gender and GMOs: Understanding Floridians attitudes toward GMOs through the lens of Social Judgment Theory
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rumble, Joy N. (author), Lundy, Lisa K. (author), Martin, Brittany (author), Anderson, Sandra (author), and University of Florida
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-02-13
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 1 Document Number: D10168
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 101(4)
- Notes:
- 14 pages, via online journal, Social judgement theory was utilized to determine if men and women showed different acceptance of messages about genetically modified (GM) foods. The primary objective was to determine if females and males had a different latitude of acceptance toward statements about GM foods. Researchers found significant differences between males and females with more males accepting messages about GM foods than females. Additionally, there were several statements with wide latitudes of acceptance across genders. These statements represent a common ground and are a good starting point for conversations about GM food.
7. Genetic modification, factory farms, and ALF: A focus group study of the Netflix original film Okja
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Steede, Garrett M. (author), Opat, Kelsi (author), Curren, Leah (author), and Irlbeck, Erica (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: D10139
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 102(4)
- Notes:
- 15 pages, via online journal article, Okja is a fictional Netflix original film that was released in 2017. Okja features a “super pig” that is owned by the large, agricultural company Mirando Corporation. Okja is raised by a young girl, Mija, and her grandfather in the South Korean mountains. The film climaxes when Mija and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) narrowly save Okja and a smuggled piglet from the slaughter process. The purpose of this study was to understand how college students responded to the film. The viewers of this film included students who were majoring in a field within the agricultural college (COA) at Texas Tech University as well as students who were majoring in a field outside of agriculture (NCOA). Emergent themes from this focus group study identified the film as overdramatized and that the film misrepresented food production. Previous knowledge and experiences impacted how viewers perceived the film with COA students indicating that Okja was portrayed more like a pet than as a food animal. Both COA and NCOA students indicated that their food purchasing decisions would not be affected by viewing the film. Findings suggested that entertainment films may not be an effective method for changing public opinion of agriculture and food production. Transparency in agriculture through real-life and real-time activities in a documentary style may serve a greater role in improving public opinion of food and agricultural production practices and industries.Findings from this study serve as an indicator of the role entertainment films play in swaying public opinion of food and agriculture.
8. Loss aversion and regulatory focus effects in the absence of numbers: qualitatively framing equivalent messages on food labels
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Abrams, Katie M. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: D06429
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 99(3) : 21-36
9. Misleading or informing? Examining the effects of labeling design on consumers' perception of gluten-free products and wheat safety
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cantrell, Kimberly (author), Li, Nan (author), Meyers, Courtney (author), Akers, Cindy (author), and Association for Communication Excellence (ACE)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-02
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11301
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 104(1)
- Notes:
- 18 pages., via online journal, As food products marketed as “gluten-free” become increasingly popular, many consumers start to exclude sources of gluten (e.g., wheat, barley, and rye) from their diets for both medical and non-medical purposes. The grain industry is facing a growing challenge to (re)boost consumers’ confidence in the healthiness and safety of its commodities. Using 561 participants recruited from the Amazon Mechanical Turk workers’ panel, this study implemented a 2 (pretzels vs. potato chips) * 2 (positive- vs. negative- frame) * 2 (wheat image vs. no wheat image) experiment to examine the effects of gluten-free labels on consumers’ perceived healthiness and safety of wheat, perceived benefits of labeled products, and their evaluation of the shown labels. Results showed that consumers evaluate the gluten-free labels most positively when they appear on products that could have contained gluten. For products that are naturally gluten-free, adding a gluten-free label only decreased consumers’ confidence in such labels. The presence of gluten-free labels increased consumers’ perceived benefits of the labeled products when they do not contain any misleading information (e.g., image of a wheat head). However, some gluten-free labels could have negative impacts on consumers’ perceptions of the healthiness and safety of wheat. Overall, food producers and marketers might have undervalued consumers’ literacy and overestimated their susceptibility to marketing strategies. We discussed the implications for food marketers, regulators, and communicators.
10. Selected consumers' evaluations of genetically modified food labels
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Miller, Jefferson D. (author) and Meyers, Courtney (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2007
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27743
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 91(1/2) : 15-29