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2. Perceptions of rural America: media coverage
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- The Center for Media and Public Affairs (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2002-06-30
- Published:
- USA: W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23441
- Notes:
- Reports on other topics featuring interviews with rural Americans can be found at www.wkkf.org., This report is part of a project seeking to understand how various groups perceive rural America, its challenges and strengths. "Perceptions of rural America" looks at how certain news organizations report on the rural population. Researchers analyzed the events and issues making news, the sources quoted, and the opinions these sources expressed about the current and future state of rural America. Researchers conducted a content analysis of news coverage during the six-month period from Jan. 1, 2002, through June 30, 2002, in a sample of major newspapers, news magazines and television networks.
3. Reaching rural communities: increasing access to disability research information
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research (author)
- Format:
- Newsletter article
- Publication Date:
- 2002
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23443
- Journal Title:
- The Research Exchange Newsletter
- Journal Title Details:
- 7(2)
- Notes:
- Studies of the demography of disability in rural America show that non-metropolitan areas have the highest percentage of people with disabilities, including people with severe disabilities. What are the barriers to dissemination of information to rural people with disabilities? This brief article outlines several barriers, including rural isolation, which can create communication barriers when the sources of information are people perceived as "outsiders."
4. Rural radio: a communication tool for rural communities
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- fact sheet
- Publication Date:
- 2002
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23543
- Notes:
- 2 p., Rural radio is a vital communication tool for many developing countries. Despite the technological advances in the communication field, radio is still the most pervasive, accessible, affordable, and flexible mass medium available. In rural areas, it is often the only medium that can rapidly disseminate to large and remote audiences, critical information about markets, weather, crops and livestock production, natural resource protection. Rural Radio implies a two-way process, which calls for the active participation of the communities in the planning and production activities of the radio broadcasts. It is the expression of the community rather than a channel for the community. It promotes the exchange of views, brings people closer together, stimulates information, and enhances the value of local knowledge.
5. Strategies for building communication and participation: experiences from the Lower Mississippi Delta states
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mwachofi, Ari (author / University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff)
- Format:
- Newsletter article
- Publication Date:
- 2002
- Published:
- USA: National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23442
- Journal Title:
- The Research Exchange Newsletter
- Journal Title Details:
- 7(2)
- Notes:
- 5 p., Ari Mwachofi, Ph.D., principal investigator of the research project titled "Developing a Rehabilitation Service Delivery Model for Minority Farmers With Disabilities," describes how personal contact, developing trust with farmers, and collaborating with community leaders enhances his study. The project's purpose is to build an effective model of service delivery to minority farmers who have traditionally been underserved. The study involves farmers from the Lower Mississippi Delta states of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.