Authors analyze four message formats in risk communications: persuasive, balanced, dialectical, and dialectical with narrative stories. "Preliminary evidence suggests that dialectical messages are successful in increasing respondent critical thinking about risk issues, while not significantly increasing respondent level of concern compared with other message types."
Hooker, Neal H. (author), Hallman, William K. (author), Cuite, Cara L. (author), Nucci, Mary L. (author), Schefske, Scott D. (author), Randolph, Elizabeth M. (author), and Food Policy Institute, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2009-01-29
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28773
Hallman, William K. (author), Cuite, Cara L. (author), Condry, Sarah C. (author), Nucci, Mary L. (author), and Food Policy Institute, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2007-02-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25528
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23413
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Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 6 pages., Identifies efforts by some newspapers to cover the issue of methamphetamine abuse in rural America. Describes the issue and provides links to samples of media coverage.
Hegglin, Daniel (author), Bontadina, Fabio (author), Gloor, Sandra (author), Romig, Thomas (author), Deplazes, Peter (author), and Kern, Peter (author)
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2008
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27887
