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    1. Explaining attitudes toward genetically modified foods in the European Union

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ceccoli, Stephen (author) and Hixon, William (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2011
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11886
    Journal Title:
    International Political Science Review
    Journal Title Details:
    33(3) : 301-319
    Notes:
    Online via UI Library electronic subscription., Authors used data from Eurobarometer surveys to examine factors that condition citizens' attitudes toward genetically modified foods in 15 European Union member states. Strongest findings confirmed the importance of public understanding of science as a basis for support for this emerging technology.

    2. Labs and landscapes virtual reality: student-created forest conservation tours for informal public engagement

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Stone, Whitney (author), Loizzo, Jamie (author), Aenlle, Jacqueline (author), and Beattie, Peyton (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2022
    Published:
    United States: New Prairie Press
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12580
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Applied Communications
    Journal Title Details:
    V. 106, Iss. 1
    Notes:
    19pgs, The following exploratory convergent mixed-methods study examined graduate students’ experiences developing and facilitating 360º photo-based virtual reality (VR) tours titled Labs and Landscapes focused on forest conservation and climate change education, as well as tour impacts on public audiences. Graduate students in an agricultural and natural resources communication course at The University of Florida used 360º cameras, mobile devices, and online software to create VR tours about the UF/IFAS Austin Cary Research Forest. Then, the students guided public participants through the tours in three physical informal learning environments including a museum, brewery, and campus tabling site within the university community. Data collection included VR tour artifacts, audio recordings of students’ VR facilitation and discourse with the public, post-surveys of public participants’ tour impressions and climate change attitudes, and pre-/post-student reflections. Data sources were collected separately and mixed in interpretation. Results showed students increased their multimedia communication skills, knowledge of natural resource conservation, and confidence in communicating with public audiences. Additionally, survey results indicated public participants agreed the students successfully guided the tours, agreed it is important to learn about conservation and climate change, and had some disagreement with the statement that humans cannot prevent climate change.