Via online sources. 2 pages., Case report about a rural region of eastern Oregon that "appears to be the largest Wi-Fi hot spot in the world, with wireless high-speed Internet available free for some 600 square miles."
Authors describe two successful approaches to involving a celebrity in their communications approaches. Featured involvement of Garrison Keillor of "Prairie Home Companion" radio network program.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23742
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Via The Hoot, Media South Asia. 4 pages., "Hardly a handful of major newspapers in India have weekly pages or sections devoted to science. From across the border, science writers in Pakistan seem to have similar experiences."
Gajjala, Radhika (author / Bowling Green State University) and Mamidipudi, Annapurna (author / Dastkar Andhra, Hyderabad, India)
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2005-11-14
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27878
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Presented at the World Forum on Information Society, Tunis, Tunisia, November 14-16, 2005. 1 page., Describes an unusual teaching assignment that involved students in intercultural communications.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23492
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Via Brownfield Network. 2 pages., Author reviews Fainting Goats and Malted Milk, a "fascinating little book of agricultural trivia or, more actually, trivial facts about agriculture." Cites it as a positive example of informing the public about modern farming.
