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    2. Examining the impact of expert voices: communicating the scientific consensus on genetically-modified organisms

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Landrum, Asheley R. (author), Hallman, William K. (author), and Jamieson, Kathleen Hall (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019
    Published:
    Taylor & Francis
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 34 Document Number: D10695
    Journal Title:
    Environmental Communication
    Journal Title Details:
    13(1): 51-70
    Notes:
    21 pages., via online journal., Scholars are divided over whether communicating to the public the existence of scientific consensus on an issue influences public acceptance of the conclusions represented by that consensus. Here, we examine the influence of four messages on perception and acceptance of the scientific consensus on the safety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs): two messages supporting the idea that there is a consensus that GMOs are safe for human consumption and two questioning that such a consensus exists. We found that although participants concluded that the pro-consensus messages made stronger arguments and were likely to be more representative of the scientific community’s attitudes, those messages did not abate participants’ concern about GMOs. In fact, people’s premanipulation attitudes toward GMOs were the strongest predictor of of our outcome variables (i.e. perceived argument strength, post-message GMO concern, perception of what percent of scientists agree). Thus, the results of this study do not support the hypothesis that consensus messaging changes the public’s hearts and minds, and provide more support, instead, for the strong role of motivated reasoning.

    4. Impact indicators for community garden programs: Using Delphi methods to inform program development and evaluation

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Diaz, John (author), Webb, Susan (author), Warner, Laura (author), Monoghan, Paul (author), and University of Florida
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2017-12
    Published:
    United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10348
    Journal Title:
    HortTechnology
    Journal Title Details:
    27(6) : 852-859
    Notes:
    8 pages., Via online journal., With growing interest in food system solutions to address poor health outcomes related to preventable chronic diseases, organizations and researchers are examining the value of community gardens as interventions to promote individual and community health. Research suggests that participation in community gardens improves access to fresh, healthy foods and increases fruit and vegetable consumption. In addition to these physical benefits, research also documents a variety of social and communal benefits, by expanding social capital, stabilizing neighborhoods, and cultivating relationships. Unfortunately, most of these studies focus on a specific case, cross case, or intervention studies within a geographically specific locale. Learning lessons from successful community garden programs can be difficult because community gardens often rely on the synergy of a complex network of support agencies that assist in various technical and educational capacities. The purpose of the study was to demonstrate the use of a framework for program development and evaluation that stakeholders, including extension, can adopt to show program outcomes. The framework used a Delphi approach with a diverse panel of community garden stakeholders to reach consensus about program outcomes. The study demonstrated that the panel could reach consensus on a variety of short-, medium-, and long-term outcomes.

    5. Objectivity as trained judgment: how environmental reporters pioneered journalism for a "post-truth" era

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Fahy, Declan (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: D11416
    Journal Title:
    Environmental Communication
    Journal Title Details:
    12(7) : 855-861
    Notes:
    8 pages., Online via UIUC Library electronic subscription., The author of this commentary argued that environmental journalism offers a conceptual model and guide to action for all journalists in the "post-truth" and "post-fact" era. "Since the specialism was formed in the 1960s, environmental journalists have reported on politically partisan issues where facts are contested, expertise is challenged, and uncertainty is heightened. To deal with these and other challenges, environmental journalism ... has reassessed and reconfigured the foundational journalistic concept of objectivity. The specialism has come to view objectivity as the implementation of a transparent method, as the pluralistic search for consensus, and, most importantly, as trained judgment."

    6. Seven Leadership 101 lessons that take discipline

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Deering, Julie (author / President, AAEA)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2019-07-11
    Published:
    USA: AAEA - The Agricultural Communicators Network, LaGrange, GA.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11037
    Journal Title:
    AAEA ByLine
    Notes:
    Online from publisher. 2 pages., "...seven palpable principles that guide me" during six years as a member of the AAEA Board of Directors.

    7. The experience of consensus: Video as an effective medium to communicate scientific agreement on climate change

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Goldberg, Matthew H. (author), Van der Linden, Sander (author), Ballew, Matthew T. (author), Rosenthal, Seth A. (author), Gustafson, Abel (author), Leiserowitz, Anthony (author), and Yale University University of Cambridge
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2019-10-01
    Published:
    United States: SAGE Journals
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11064
    Journal Title:
    Science Communication
    Journal Title Details:
    41(5) : 659-673
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    14 pages, via online journal, Research on the gateway belief model indicates that communicating the scientific consensus on global warming acts as a “gateway” to other beliefs and support for action. We test whether a video conveying the scientific consensus on global warming is more effective than a text transcript with the same information. Results show that the video was significantly more effective than the transcript in increasing people’s perception of scientific agreement. Structural equation models indicate indirect increases in the beliefs that global warming is happening and is human-caused, and in worry about global warming, which in turn predict increased global warming issue priority.

    8. The importance of assessing and communicating scientific consensus

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Maibach, Edward W. (author) and Van der Linden, Sander L. (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    2016-12-15
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D08190
    Journal Title:
    Environmental Research Letters
    Journal Title Details:
    11 : 1-3
    Notes:
    Authors review research involving public concerns in the United Kingdom, USA and Canada regarding the existence of a secret, large-scale atmospheric spraying program (SLAP). Research involved an analysis of scientist consensus regarding the issue.