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2. "Ugly duckling": afterthought farm paper becomes "bible of Delta agriculture"
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Brandon, Hembree (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-04-20
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09289
- Journal Title:
- Delta Farm Press
- Journal Title Details:
- 75(15) : 2-3
- Notes:
- See the article in this 75th Anniversary issue (Doc. No. D09286). Special editions - Delta Farm Press, See article in pages 2-3 of this 75th Anniversary issue (Doc. No. D09286)
3. "Volunteering is like any other business" - Civic participation and social media
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kaun, Anne (author) and Julie Uldam (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09677
- Journal Title:
- New Media and Society
- Journal Title Details:
- 20(6) : 2186-2207
- Notes:
- Role of social media for civic participation, drawing on Swedish volunteer initiatives that emerged in the context of the migration crisis in 2015 as a case study.
4. #TransformFFA: an analysis of social media content during the 2016 national FFA convention
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rogers-Randolph, Tiffany M. (author), Lundy, Lisa K. (author), Harsh, Jessica L. (author), and Rabon, Raychel (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09222
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 102(1) Article7
5. 2018 food and health survey
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA: International Food Information Council Foundation, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09672
- Notes:
- 63 pages.
6. 315 leading corporations remove misleading "go green" claims
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- International: Two Sides North America, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 142 Document Number: D11532
- Notes:
- 3 pages., Online via publisher website., Article from the non-profit organization, Two Sides North America. It reported progress in a campaign to stop organizations from making misleading anti-print and anti-paper claims in their customer communications. It included findings of an international survey among more than 10,000 consumers assessing their document-storing preferences and attitudes about print versus digital communications.
7. 40 years of forging new paths
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Martin, Diane (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-05
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09558
- Journal Title:
- Agri Marketing
- Journal Title Details:
- 56(4) : 46
8. A consumer behaviour approach to analyse handmade and locally made agrifood products in western Honduras
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Salazar-Ordonez, Melania (author), Cordon-Pedregosa, Rosa (author), and Rodriguez-Entrena, Macario (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Honduras: AgEcon
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10584
- Journal Title:
- Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales
- Journal Title Details:
- 18(2) : 5-27
- Notes:
- 23 pages., via database., Results of this study indicate that the consumption of handmade and locally made agrifood products increases for consumers who read nutrition labels and health claim information and for those with higher income and are younger. Authors offer suggestions for improving communications.
9. A content analysis of Extension's presence on 1890 Land-Grand University websites
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Steede, Garrett M. (author), Fischer, Laura (author), Meyer, Diane C. (author), and Meyers, Courtney (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09217
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 102(1) Article 2
10. A dangerous disconnect - new research IDs food and ag trust gaps
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Research summary
- Publication Date:
- 2018-01-01
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10395
- Notes:
- 3 pages., From http://www.foodintegrity.org, Online from the Center for Food Integrity, Gladstone, Missouri.
11. A dangerous food disconnect: when consumers hold you responsible but don't trust you
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10396
- Notes:
- 8 pages., Online from the Center for Food Integrity, Gladstone, Missouri. 8 pages.
12. A farm newspaper capitulates to advertiser pressure: determinants of readers’ attitudes toward the firing of an editorial cartoonist
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Rodriguez, Lulu (author), Kulpavaropas, Supathida (author), and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: D10153
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 102(4)
- Notes:
- 18 pages, via online journal article, On April 2016, the weekly Farm News cut its ties with veteran freelancer Rick Friday who drew a cartoon that called attention to how much the CEOs of large agricultural corporations are paid. This study examines the determinants of people’s attitudes toward Mr. Friday’s firing. Using data gathered from a national online survey of newspaper readers, this study traced the antecedents of these attitudes. While the incident drew strong negative reactions, we found that public attitudes were strongly mediated by readers’ attitudes toward Big Ag advertisers. That is, those who saw Big Ag in a positive light were more inclined to report less negative attitudes toward the firing. Another factor that influenced public reaction is the way people perceived the relationship between the farm press and their large corporate advertising sponsors. These findings indicated audience awareness of the synergy between content making and profit making in the farm news business, and that readers saw the relationship between big advertisers and the press as not necessarily adversarial. Those in agricultural states tended to see the editorial cartoon and the firing incident as more relevant to their lives than their counterparts in non-agricultural areas. However, the perceived relevance of the editorial cartoon and the firing incident had no bearing on people’s attitudes toward the incident. Implications of the findings on fostering a healthy relationship between farm newspapers, their readers, and the agribusinesses that advertise in them are discussed.
13. A grass-roots movement for healthy soil spreads among farmers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Charles, Dan (author) and National Public Radio (NPR)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-04-09
- Published:
- United States: NPR
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: D10946
- Notes:
- 9 pages, via online article and podcast
14. A guide to bioethics
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kornyo, Emmanuel A. (author)
- Format:
- Book
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Interational: CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09269
- Notes:
- 176 pages.
15. A novel NGO approach to facilitate the adoption of sustainable innovations in low-income countries: lessons from small-scale farms in Nicaragua
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dyck, Bruno (author) and Silvestre, Bruno S. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10522
- Journal Title:
- Organization Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 40(3): 443–461
- Notes:
- 19 pages., via online journal., There are about 500 million small-scale farms in low-income countries on the planet. Farmers have been slow to adopt a threefold set of sustainable agronomic practices known as “conservation agriculture” (CA) that have been shown to double productivity. Our study of a novel CA project in Nicaragua, organized based on principles that counter convention, may point to improved ways of understanding and managing sustainable innovations in low-income countries. In particular, by connecting core ideas from the innovation literature to the literature that explores the role of intermediaries such as NGOs, our case study suggests that the efficacy of NGOs to facilitate the adoption of sustainable innovations by small-scale farmers in these settings may be enhanced if NGOs employ non-centrist approaches in order to address the critical uncertainties associated with such innovations. We discuss how our findings contradict some of long-standing arguments in the literature, and their implications for theory and practice.
16. A perplexing process: Understanding how agricultural producers process best management practice information
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- King, Audrey E.H. (author), Baker, Lauri M. (author), and Oklahoma State University Kansas State University
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 1 Document Number: D10164
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 102(3)
- Notes:
- 19 pages., via online journal article, Best management practices (BMPs) are suggested practices that help agricultural producers optimize production while reducing pollution, soil erosion, and other environmental impacts. Many audiences, including scientists and policy makers, have expressed disappointment at the current level of BMP use. Elaboration likelihood model (ELM) is used to understand how people process messages. ELM states that people can process messages either centrally or peripherally. This study sought to understand how producers processed information related to BMP adoption in grazing systems. Researchers conducted qualitative, in-depth interviews with 42 beef-cattle producers in Kansas and Oklahoma. It was found producers process information both centrally and peripherally, more specifically through past experiences and visual observations. This study suggests that when promoting BMPs, communicators should use visual cues to help producers process information. More importantly communicators should utilize strategies that encourage producers to reflect on past experiences to promote central processing.
17. A quantitative assessment of possession rituals and engagement in Pinterest: an examination of the agriculture industry
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wandersee, Cassie (author) and Baker, Lauri (author)
- Format:
- Paper abstract
- Publication Date:
- 2018-02
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D10018
- Notes:
- Abstract of paper presented at the National Agricultural Communications Symposium, Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists (SAAS) Agricultural Communications Section, Jacksonville, Florida, February 4-5, 2018.
18. A quest into the unknown
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Connelly, Ross (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA: International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11776
- Journal Title:
- Grassroots Editor
- Journal Title Details:
- 59(4) : 3-6
- Notes:
- Via UI Library online subscription., Owner of the Hardwick Gazette community newspaper in Vermont describes his experience in seeking a new owner through an essay contest. His quest included confirmation of the importance of community newspapers in their areas of circulation.
19. A sentiment and content analysis of twitter content regarding the use of antibiotics in livestock
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Garrett M. Steede (author), Courtney Meyers (author), Nan Li (author), Erica Irlbeck (author), Sherice Gearhart (author), and Texas Tech University; University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D10103
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 102(4)
- Notes:
- Article 4; pgs. 1-16, On January 1, 2017, the final rule of the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) was put into place requiring antibiotics approved for both humans and animals to be discontinued for growth promotion. This change was brought on by the role growth promoters in livestock production play in the development of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resistance increases the costs associated with human health care by increasing the length of stays in the hospital and requiring more intensive medical care for patients. The purpose of this study was to explore sentiment and characteristics of social media content and the characteristics of the key influencers whose opinions had the greatest amount of reach on social media in regard to antibiotic use in livestock and antibiotic resistance. Nuvi, a social media monitoring program, provided sentiment for each tweet and coded 64.8% of the content (n = 129) as negative compared to 38.2% (n = 76) humans coded as negative. The contrast between human coders and Nuvi indicates there could be discrepancies between how Nuvi codes content and the way a human might interpret the content. No key influencer discussed antibiotic use in livestock positively. Findings suggest agricultural communicators should not rely completely on the output from sentiment analysis programs to evaluate how the public discusses issues related to agriculture, particularly controversial issues. Further, agricultural communications practitioners should prioritize monitoring the content shared by key influencers in an effort to better understand the content being shared by the most influential users. Recommendations for future research are provided.
20. A warming planet could zap nutrition from rice that feeds the world
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Chen, Angus (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-05-24
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09750
- Notes:
- NPR: The Salt. 4 pages.
21. ALEC-Backed Legislators Behind Suppressing Vote
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hagen, C.S (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-10-31
- Published:
- USA: Center for Media and Democracy, Madison, Wisconsin
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13184
- Notes:
- 3 pages, located on PRWatch.
22. Actors, roles and interactions in agricultural innovation networks: the case of the Portuguese cluster of small fruits
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Madureira, Lívia (author), Cristóvão, Artur (author), Ferreira, Dora (author), and Koehnen, Timothy (author)
- Format:
- ebook chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2018-05-20
- Published:
- Springer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10355
- Journal Title:
- New Metropolitan Perspectives Local Knowledge and Innovation Dynamics Towards Territory Attractiveness Through the Implementation of Horizon
- Journal Title Details:
- 101
- Notes:
- 8 pages., ISBN 978-3-319-92102-0, Via ebook, The idea underpinning EIP-AGRI for linking producers and users of knowledge and promoting their interaction around problem-solving is well grounded on the evidence provided by the ‘innovation systems’ and related literature. Evidence gaps that matter to the implementation of the EIP-AGRI activities comprise the lack of knowledge regarding the best-fit network configuration for different farming systems and farming styles, and the nature and effectiveness of a facilitator function and role to bridge communication between researchers and farmers. This paper contributes with empirical evidence regarding the networks configuration best-fit for different farming system and farming styles, and provide insights on the facilitator relevance and its desirable profile, built on the study of a particular network: the Portuguese Cluster of small fruits (CSF). The small fruit sector is a novel sector in Portugal that has attracted in recent years a large number of new investors, in particular newly-established small-scale inexperienced producers. The insights provided by the CSF analysis emphasises that agglomeration economies based networks, which are very important in some agricultural sectors (e.g. fruit, wine) and in countries or regions where small-scale farms are significant, can in fact be the ground for knowledge and innovation networks in the sense wanted by the EIP-AGRI, since inclusiveness and facilitation functions are accounted for properly.
23. Adoption of crop insurance and impact: insights from India
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Aditya, K.S. (author), Khan, Md. Tajuddin (author), and Kishore, Avinash (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10284
- Journal Title:
- Agricultural Economics Research Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 31(2) : 163-174
- Notes:
- Via journal online., Agriculture is inherently a risky enterprise because of its dependence on rainfall. To mitigate risks, farmers diversify crops and enterprises, maintain stabilization account or resort to the sale of assets. Crop insurance is a complementary institutional mechanism that aids farmers to cope with risks better.Considering the importance of crop insurance in risk mitigation, this paper using data from a large-scale farmers’ survey we identify the factors that influence farmers’ decision to buy crop insurance and subsequently assess its impact on farm income, production expenses and productive investments in agriculture. Farmers’ adoption of crop insurance is low— 4.80% kharif season and 3.17% in the rabi season mainly on account of lack of awareness about insurance products. Nevertheless, the probability of adoption of insurance is higher for those who experience higher crop loss and have some formal training in agriculture. The subsidy on premium also positively influences crop insurance uptake decisions. On the other hand, the factors like the lower social status, tenant farming and exposure to deficit-rainfall in the previous year are negatively associated with the decision to insure. The results on the impact of insurance are not conclusive to prove that insured farmer subsumes higher risks compared to the uninsured.
24. Ads We Like: humorous new 'Got Milk/' ads focus on younger, more diverse audience
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- O'Brien Kyle (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-07-11
- Published:
- United States: The Drum
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D11499
- Notes:
- 3 pages., via website
25. Ads reflect agriculture's progress
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Brandon, Hembree (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-04-20
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09292
- Journal Title:
- Delta Farm Press
- Journal Title Details:
- 75(15) : 1
- Notes:
- See article in 75th Anniversary Issue (Doc. No. D09286)
26. Ag Comm leaders' updates
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Herman, Matt (author), Cunningham, Cindy (author), and Deering, Julie (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-07
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09788
- Journal Title:
- Agri Marketing
- Journal Title Details:
- 56(6) : 25-26
27. Ag safety - communication is key
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-01
- Published:
- USA: Upper Midwest Safety and Health Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09325
- Notes:
- 3 pages.
28. Agricultural Extension and Technology Adoption for Food Security: Evidence from Uganda
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Pan, Yao; Smith (author), Smith, Stephen C. (author), and Sulaiman, Munshi (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-04-23
- Published:
- United States: Oxford University Press, New York, New York.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12395
- Journal Title:
- American Jounal of Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 21 pages, We evaluate causal impacts of a large-scale agricultural extension program for smallholder women farmers on technology adoption and food security in Uganda through a regression discontinuity design that exploits an arbitrary distance-to-branch threshold for village program eligibility. We find eligible farmers used better basic cultivation methods, achieved improved food security. Given minimal changes in adoption of relatively expensive inputs, we attribute these gains to improved cultivation methods that require low upfront monetary investment. Farmers also modified their shock-coping methods. These results highlight the role of information and training in boosting agricultural productivity among poor farmers and, indirectly, improving food security.
29. Agricultural communications students describe a short-term field experience
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Riggs, Angel (author), Montgomery, Diane (author), and Oklahoma State University
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-07-02
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 1 Document Number: D10166
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 102(2)
- Notes:
- 20 pages; Article 3, via online journal, Student-run publications, including newsrooms and similar agency-style work achieve the curricular goal of experiential learning (Roberts, 2006) for university agricultural communication students. Gaining a journalistic skillset in the classroom is richly supplemented with experiencing real-world and authentic agency immersion to reveal to students the genuine characteristics of a workplace. The purpose of this study was to use Q methodology to evaluate a real-world, out-of-class-but-supervised newsroom producing publications for the State FFA Convention. Fifteen undergraduate students who were immersed in this three-day program in which students publish original work to disseminate information to FFA participants and the public participated in the study at the end of the newsroom experience. With a concourse sampled along four dimensions of growth and development (Author, 2014), a Q set of 36 statements was sorted. In addition to the Q sorts, comments gathered from the students at the last session assisted in the interpretation of data. Post-sort interviews were conducted with exemplar sorters. Data were analyzed using principal components and varimax rotation and interpreted to show three ways the newsroom was experienced by the university students. The Supervisors honed managerial skills while working as colleagues with faculty supervisors. The Contented Staff valued the education gained from the experience and recognized the practical application of the communications-based skill-set. The Stressed Staff had insecurities and physical discomfort during the work and living in the city. Implications for program development, classroom instruction, and field experience assessment will be discussed.
30. Agricultural communicators' use of mobile devices and social media in USA
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hawley, John L (author), Chowdhury, Ataharul (author), and Hall, Kelsey (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Australia Pacific Extension
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10914
- Journal Title:
- Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 14(1): 101-109
- Notes:
- 9 pages., via online journal., Social media platforms and other new technologies support the communication of many topics, both beneficial and controversial to t he development of the agriculture industry. Agricultural communicators’ use of these platforms is critical for engaging with stakeholders and communicating information beneficial to agriculture . The purpose of this study was to explore agricultural communicators’ use of devices and soci al media platforms in the United States. Researchers administered an online, descriptive que stionnaire to collect data from members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. A ma jority of respondents used social media for work, with smartphones being the most common device used. Facebook and Twitter were used more than blogs and YouTube to interact with farmer s/ranchers. Respondents agreed that social media allowed them to quickly and conveniently comm unicate with others. Significant relationships existed between perceived usefulness and Pinterest, blogs, and Instagram, while one significant correlation existed between perceiv ed ease of use and Instagram. Respondents should continue to use Facebook and Twitter to enga ge their stakeholder groups in conversations about agriculture.
31. Agricultural communicators' use of mobile devices and social media in the USA
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hawley, John L (author), Hall, Kelsey (author), and Chowdhury, Ataharul (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA: Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11207
- Journal Title:
- Rural Extension and Innovation Systems Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 14(1) : 101-109
- Notes:
- The article reports findings of a media-use survey conducted among agricultural communicators attending a meeting of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. A majority of respondents reported using a variety of social media for work, with smartphones being the most common device used. Among other recommendations, authors suggested that respondents should continue to use Facebook and Twitter to engage their stakeholder groups in conversations about agriculture. The survey identified stakeholder groups of the communicator respondents.
32. Agricultural extension and production agriculture the good, the bad and the opportunity
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Paine, Darin James (author) and Texas A&M University
- Format:
- Dissertation
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Ann Arbor: ProQuest
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10475
- Notes:
- 59 pages., ISBN: 9780438880009, Via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses., The purpose of this study is to understand successful and failed partnerships between industries in production agriculture and Agricultural Extension services in order to determine appropriate avenues for mutually beneficial relationships. Participants across various industries in production agriculture were surveyed in order to provide their perception of partnerships with Extension. Using phenomenology as qualitative research the results indicate a clear disconnect between production agriculture and Extension. Production agriculture industries highlight certain programs and elements within Extension that contribute to successful partnerships. However, a lack of expertise and communication by Extension personnel contribute to failed partnerships, or worse, no working relationship whatsoever. The data includes overarching concepts and meaning as to why partnerships are considered successful or not. Production agriculture is turning to other organizations for collaboration that perform similar work to Extension including non-governmental organizations. However, industries in production agriculture identify opportunities to create new or improve upon existing partnerships with Extension.
33. Agricultural research using social media data
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Zipper, Samuel C. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09678
- Journal Title:
- Agronomy Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 110 : 349-358
34. Agriculture's new name game
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sfiligoj, Eric (author)
- Format:
- Editorial
- Publication Date:
- 2018-05
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11800
- Journal Title:
- CropLife
- Notes:
- Editorial comments on the series of mergers, consolidations, and buy-up in many sectors of the agricultural marketplace. "As always, only time will tell how long-standing any of these new names end up being."
35. Altheide, Merrys inducted into ARC's (Agricultural Relations Council's) Hall of Fame
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-07
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09787
- Journal Title:
- Agri Marketing
- Journal Title Details:
- 56(6) : 20-22
36. Americans are divided over whether eating organic foods makes for better health
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Strauss, Mark (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA: Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11397
- Notes:
- 5 pages., Via online from website., Results of a national survey among U.S. adults suggest that "Americans are closely divided over the health benefits of organic produce."
37. Amid palm oil boycott, India wants to produce more of it
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Frayer, Lauren (author)
- Format:
- News article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-09-21
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D09823
- Notes:
- NPR: The Salt, 8 pages.
38. An analytic approach to support urban agriculture policies development: case study of Barcelona
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Zanasi, Cesare (author) and Di Fiore, Gianluca (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Spain
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 106 Document Number: D10932
- Journal Title:
- International Journal of Food System Dynamics
- Notes:
- Conference paper, International European Forum, Innsbruck, Austria, February 5-9, 2018. Pages 271-283 in proceedings published in this journal., The increasing impact due to urban population’s food supply causes a series of negative externalities related to food production, transformation and transportation. FAO and other institutions are trying to integrate traditional models of food supply with alternative ones like Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture (UPA). Defining the drivers that motivate the participation in different types of UPA could be useful to plan more participated and effective UPA development policies. Barcelona (Spain) hosts a number of cases representing different declinations that UPA can assume. This work aims at describing the differences in terms of motivations to enter the various typologies of Urban Agriculture (UA) in Barcelona. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews to 4 groups of users representing 3 of the most widespread models of UA initiatives in Barcelona (Allotment Gardens, Community Gardens, Pla Buits.) The results showed that participation in UA is mainly motivated by relational aspects and knowledge exchange and differences exist among the various UA models. Political reasons are mostly influencing the Community Gardeners while Pla Buits users’ mains motivations are related to socialising and Allotment gardeners are mainly motivated by environmental aspects. Differences in the participants’ demographic characteristics also emerged. Better targeted public policies contents and communication strategies for UPA development can thus be derived by the results obtained; to this end, recommendations have been provided. Further research should broaden the range of case studies and the sample size, in order to provide a more effective and comprehensive tool for tailoring UPA developing strategies to different contexts.
39. An online study tool for reviewing plant propagation terms and concepts
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wilson, Sandra B. (author), Geneve, Robert L. (author), and Davies, Fred T. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-12
- Published:
- United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10324
- Journal Title:
- HortTechnology
- Journal Title Details:
- 28(6) : 851-854
- Notes:
- 4 pages., Via online journal., Interactive web-based questions were developed for students to review subject matter learned in an online plant propagation course. Articulate Storyline software was used to build nearly 250 review questions with five different testing styles to ascertain proficiency in subject areas, including the biology of propagation, the propagation environment, seed propagation, vegetative propagation, micropropagation, and cell culture. Questions were arranged to correspond to the supporting textbook chapters in Hartmann and Kester’s Plant propagation: Principles and practices, ninth edition. These are open access and available to instructors and students worldwide. Users received immediate feedback for each question answered correctly or incorrectly. The system remembers where one leaves off, which enables starting and stopping multiple times within a chapter. Means of preand posttest responses to nine content knowledge items showed that students perceived a significant content knowledge gain in the course. These online interactive reviews can be adapted easily to other courses in a variety of fields, including horticulture, botany, systematics, and biology. They can also be expanded to overlay multiple objects and trigger events based on user response. Since inception, the website hosting these online reviews averaged 156 unique visitors per month. Students have reported this to be a useful tool to prepare them for course exams.
40. Analyzing media coverage of agricultural health and safety issues
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lundy, Lisa K. (author), Rogers-Randolph, Tiffany M. (author), Lindsey, Angela B. (author), Hurdle, Clay (author), Ryan, Heather (author), Telg, Ricky W. (author), Irani, Tracy (author), and University of Florida
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: D10155
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 102(4)
- Notes:
- 16 pages, via online journal article, Farming, by the very nature of the occupation, is riddled with uncertainty. The risks associated with the agriculture industry are just as diverse as the industry itself. For all risks, one challenge is the development and dissemination of safety communication materials tailored for diverse audiences. Valkenburg, Semetko, and Vreese (1999) examined common frames used in news media. Their analysis pointed to four commonly used news frames: conflict, human interest, responsibility and economic consequences. The purpose of this study was to describe the agricultural and health safety issues discussed in Florida news media during the year 2016, discussing the prominence of the frames outlined by Valkenburg et al. (1999). In this study, the most prominent frame was the human interest frame, followed by responsibility, economic consequences, and conflict. Frames carry a great deal of weight in shaping individuals’ opinions, attitudes, and actions towards agriculturally based messages; therefore it is essential for agricultural communicators to understand the framing of agricultural health and safety issues. Acknowledging the frames used in the reporting of agricultural issues allows agricultural communicators to enter into informed interactions with media outlets and better prepare the resources they provide to them. These framing analyses also provide agricultural communicators with a solid foundation on which to best position and frame their messaging on behalf of the industry. Further research is recommended to examine frames from an audience perspective and to investigate the impact of human interest frames in the presentation of agricultural news articles.
41. Animal welfare, children's education, hunger are top three causes Americans care about in 2018
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Research summary
- Publication Date:
- 2018-04-19
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09388
- Notes:
- Online from Ketchum.com. 3 pages.
42. Annual ag/rural show calendar
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-07
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09790
- Journal Title:
- Agri Marketing
- Journal Title Details:
- 56(6) : 43-56
43. Anti-GMO articles tied to Russian sites, ISU research shows
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Eller, Donnelle (author)
- Format:
- News article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-02-25
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09378
- Notes:
- Online from the Des Moines [Iowa] Register. 7 pages.
44. Application of multiple behaviour change models to identify determinants of farmers' biosecurity attitudes and behaviours
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Richens, I.F. (author), Houdmont, J. (author), Wapenaar, W. (author), Shortall, O. (author), Kaler, J. (author), and O'Connor, H. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- United Kingdom
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 5 Document Number: D10193
- Journal Title:
- Preventive Veterinary Medicine
- Journal Title Details:
- 155 : 61-74
- Notes:
- 13 pages., Via UI online subscription.
45. Are agriculture and nutrition policies and practice coherent? Stakeholder evidence from Afghanistan
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Poole, Nigel (author), Echavez, Chona (author), and Rowland, Dominic (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-12
- Published:
- Springer Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10241
- Journal Title:
- Food Security
- Journal Title Details:
- 10(6) : 1577–1601
- Notes:
- Online ISSN: 1876-4525 Print ISSN: 1876-4517, Via online journal., Despite recent improvements in the national average, stunting levels in Afghanistan exceed 70% in some Provinces. Agriculture serves as the main source of livelihood for over half of the population and has the potential to be a strong driver of a reduction in under-nutrition. This article reports research conducted through interviews with stakeholders in agriculture and nutrition in the capital, Kabul, and four provinces of Afghanistan, to gain a better understanding of the institutional and political factors surrounding policy making and the nutrition-sensitivity of agriculture. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a total of 46 stakeholders from central government and four provinces, including staff from international organizations, NGOs and universities. We found evidence of interdisciplinary communication at the central level and within Provinces, but little evidence of vertical coordination in policy formulation and implementation between the centre and Provinces. Policy formulation and decision making were largely sectoral, top-down, and poorly contextualised. The weaknesses identified in policy formulation, focus, knowledge management, and human and financial resources inhibit the orientation of national agricultural development strategies towards nutrition-sensitivity. Integrating agriculture and nutrition policies requires explicit leadership from the centre. However, effectiveness of a food-based approach to reducing nutrition insecurity will depend on decentralising policy ownership to the regions and provinces through stronger subnational governance. Security and humanitarian considerations point to the need to manage and integrate in a deliberate way the acute humanitarian care and long-term development needs, of which malnutrition is just one element.
46. Are you ready for "bioengineered food" labeling? USDA replaces GMO term with "bioengineered food"
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Abbott, Chuck (author)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-12-20
- Published:
- USA: Successful Farming Online, Des Moines, Iowa
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10020
- Notes:
- 2 pages.
47. Artificial intelligence and the future of humans
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Anderson, Janna (author) and Rainie, Lee (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- International: Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11396
- Notes:
- 10 pages., Via online from website., "Experts say the rise of artifical intelligence will make most people better off over the next decade, but many have concerns about how advances in AI will affect what it means to be human, to be productive and to exercise free will. Includes references to impacts on farmers, farming and climate.
48. As carbon dioxide levels rise, major corps are losing nutrients
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Kennedy, Merrit (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-06-19
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09751
- Notes:
- NPR: The Salt. 5 pages.
49. Ask not what nature can do for you: a critique of ecosystem services as a communication strategy
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bekessy, S.A. (author), Runge, M.C. (author), Kusmanoff, A.M. (author), Keith, D.A. (author), and Wintle, B.C. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-08
- Published:
- Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10504
- Journal Title:
- Biological Conservation
- Journal Title Details:
- 224: 71-74
- Notes:
- 4 pages., via online journal., Given the urgent need to raise public awareness on biodiversity issues, we review the effectiveness of “ecosystem services” as a frame for promoting biodiversity conservation. Since its inception as a communications tool in the 1970s, the concept of ecosystem services has become pervasive in biodiversity policy. While the goal of securing ecosystem services is absolutely legitimate, we argue that it has had limited success as a vehicle for securing public interest and support for nature, which is crucial to securing long-term social mandates for protection. Emerging evidence suggests that focusing on ecosystem services rather than the intrinsic value of nature is unlikely to be effective in bolstering public support for nature conservation. Theory to guide effective communication about nature is urgently needed. In the mean-time, communicators should reflect on their objectives and intended audience and revisit the way nature is framed to ensure maximum resonance.
50. Assessing local journalism: news deserts, journalism divides, and the determinants of the robustness of local news
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Napoli, Philip M. (author), Weber, Matthew (author), McCollough, Katie (author), and Wang, Qun (author)
- Format:
- Research report
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA: DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, Stanford School of Public Policy, Duke University.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11221
- Notes:
- 26 pages., Findings based on an analysis of more than 16,000 news stories gathered over seven days, across 100 randomly sampled U.S. communities with populations of 20,000 to 300,000. Among the findings: 20 communities contained no local news stories, only about 17% of the news stories provided to a community were truly local; less than half (43%) of the news stories to a community by local media outlets were produced by the local media outlet; and just over half (56% of the news stories provided to a community by local media outlets addressed what was defined as a "critical information need." Findings provided evidence of the "news deserts" problem confronting local communities.