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2. Conflicts between agriculture and society: the role of lobby groups in the animal welfare discussion and their impact on meat consumption
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Schulze, Birgit (author) and Deimel, Ingke (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 2012
- Published:
- Germany
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11715
- Notes:
- Paper presented at the 22nd Annual International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) World Forum and Symposium, June 10-14, 2012, Shanghai, China. 14 pages., Authors analyzed the level of agreement of German citizens with the positions of animal rights, consumer protection, and farmer lobby groups and how this agreement or disagreement affects citizens' future meat consumption. Survey findings indicated that the intention to reduce meat consumption is only indirectly influenced by media frames generated by lobby groups. Behavioral control and subjective norm represented the most important direct influencing factors. However, the moral and economic pressure frme have a strong impact on attitude toward meat consumption.
3. Consumer response to negative information on meat consumption in Germany
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cordts, Anette (author), Nitzko, Sina (author), and Spiller, Achim (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- Germany
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11312
- Journal Title:
- International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 17 Special Issue A : 83-106
- Notes:
- 690 German survey recipients were given one of four different fictitious "newspaper articles" describing negative effects of meat consumption - either in terms of adverse effects on human health, on climate change, on animal welfare or on personal image. Findings showed that animal welfare and health arguments had the strongest effects at reducing meat consumption in both men and women.
4. Consumers’ attitudes towards animal suffering: a systematic review on awareness, willingness and dietary change
- 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.
5. Meat consumption in transition: the case of crisis region of iraqi kurdistan
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rzgar Abdalla, Niga (author), Bavorova, Miroslava (author), and Gruener, Sven (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-07-25
- Published:
- United States: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12589
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 22pgs, In recent decades, meat consumption patterns have been changing. This study investigates the main drivers of white and red meat consumption in crisis regions based on microeconomic theory, hegemonic masculinity theory, meat paradox theory, and nutrition transition theory. A quantitative questionnaire survey was conducted in Sulaymaniyah city in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2018. Data from 233 respondents were collected. Multifactorial linear regression analysis showed that the main drivers in the consumption of white meat and red meat are similar: higher income and preferences for the taste of white or red meat have a statistically significant, positive effect on meat consumption. Men consume white meat more than women. The consumption of red meat decreases when the respondent is concerned about the fat content of meat and animal welfare awareness does not have a statistically significant effect on the consumption of either type of meat.
6. Promoting vegetarianism through moralization and knowledge calibration
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Arora, Anshu Saxena (author), Bradford, Shalonda (author), Arora, Amit (author), and Gavino, Rafaella (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: D11581
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Promotion Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 23(6) : 889-912
- Notes:
- 25 pages., Online via UI e-subscription., Researchers investigated consumer attitudes toward vegetarianism, using two studies involving interviews with vegetarians and meat eaters. Text analysis revealed that "emotionally calibrated consumers were 'moral vegetarians' who find meat repulsive and make ethical food choices." Cognitively calibrated consumers were found to be 'health vegetarians' who "scanned the nutrition information, avoided meat due to health restrictions, and embraced vegetarianism for healthy life." Findings prompted suggestions for promoting vegetarianism.
7. State of the consumer: various research reports show the pandemic's role in how consumers shop for beef
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- National Cattlemen's Beef Association (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2021-03
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12146
- Journal Title:
- Drovers Cattlenetwork
- Notes:
- Online from publication. 1 page., Brief review of research reports indicated that beef demand has remained strong to date, online ordering for both groceries and meat ordering is likely here to stay, and positive consumer perceptions of beef increased during the pandemic.
8. The global meat autocracy: an issue of social injustice: cartelization of the global meat industry
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Toplak, Cirila (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 6 Document Number: D10203
- Notes:
- Pages 52-77 in Oliver Vodeb (ed), Food democracy: critical lessons in food communication, design and art. Intellect: Bristol, UK. 553 pages.
9. What do consumers read about meat? an analysis of media representations of the meat-environment relationship found in popular online news sites in the UK
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mroz, Gilly (author) and Painter, James (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-10-03
- Published:
- UK: Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12679
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Communication
- Notes:
- 19 pages, Previous scholarship suggests that elite media have tended to pay little attention to the adverse environmental impacts associated with meat consumption and production. Through content analysis of 116 articles from 2019, published on eight popular online news sites consumed by a wide range of demographics in the UK, including lower-income groups (the sector most likely to eat meat), we identify common anti-meat and pro-meat environmental narratives, solutions and recommendations, and the dominant sentiment towards both meat consumption and production. We observed a significantly greater presence of anti-meat consumption and/or production narratives than pro-meat. Over half the articles showed anti-meat consumption sentiment, with only 5% predominately in favour. 10% were against unspecified or industrial production practices, 28% were against industrial-scale farming but supported sustainable methods; and none were entirely in favour of the meat industry. These findings are reflected in the dominant recommendation, present in over 60% of articles, to eat less meat. Our results add substantially to previous media research, particularly showing the increased volume of coverage of the meat-environment nexus, varying levels of contestation around meat eating, and the division of responsibility between consumers and industry.