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2. Peer pressure on the riverbank: assessing catch-and-release anglers' willingness to sanction others' (bad) behavior
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Guckian, Meaghan L. (author), Danylchuk, Andy J. (author), Cooke, Steven J. (author), and Markowitz, Ezra M. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-08-01
- Published:
- Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10629
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 219: 252-259
- Notes:
- 8 pages., via online journal., Given the well-documented impacts of angler behavior on the biological fitness of angled and released fish, optimizing the conservation value of catch-and-release angling hinges on the extent to which anglers are willing to adopt recommended best practices and refrain from harmful ones. One potentially powerful mechanism underlying adoption of best practices is the social pressure anglers can apply to one another to enforce community norms and values. Past work in other domains demonstrates that forms of interpersonal communication—including social sanctioning—can foster context-appropriate social norms and increase cooperative behavior; yet to date, little research has examined these dynamics in the context of species conservation. We conducted in-person and online surveys to explore the role of social sanctioning in the context of an internationally renowned wild steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) fishery in British Columbia, Canada. We investigated how diverse social-psychological and demographic factors influence anglers' past and future sanctioning propensity. Results highlight that perceived capacity to influence the angling practices of others and professed concerns about one's own reputation were strongly predictive of both past and future sanctioning. Furthermore, while anglers reported relatively low-levels of past sanctioning behavior, most anglers simultaneously expressed a strong desire to sanction others in the future. Identifying ways to increase the social desirability and visibility of sanctioning actions could assist resource managers in promoting adoption and maintenance of best practices. More broadly, our findings underscore a significant yet underappreciated role for wildlife users and enthusiasts in cultivating a shared conservation ethic to help ensure biological conservation.
3. Perceptions, realities and forest communication
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Fabra-Crespo, M. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Language:
- Finnish/English
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- Finland: Finnish Society of Forest Science
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08045
- Journal Title:
- Dissertationes Forestales
- Journal Title Details:
- 199: 41 pp.
4. Risk attitudes, social interactions and the adoption of genotyping in dairy production
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Yu, Xi (author), Hailu, Getu (author), and Cao, Jessica (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 2014-05
- Published:
- Canada
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 127 Document Number: D02720
- Notes:
- Paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2014 AAEA/EAAE/CAES joint symposium: Social networks, social media and the economics of food, Montreal, Canada, May 28-30, 2014. 30 pages.
5. Social networks and restaurant choice
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Richards, Timothy J. (author) and Tiwari, Ashutosh (author)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 2014-05
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 127 Document Number: D02728
- Notes:
- Paper presented at the 2014 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association joint AAEA/EAAE/CAES symposium: Social networks, social media and the economics of food, Montreal,Canada, May 29-30, 2014. 31 pages.
6. The diffusion of innovations in agricultural circles: an explorative study on alternative antimicrobial agents
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dan, Viorela (author), Osterheider, Angela (author), Raupp, Juliana (author), and Department of Communication Studies and Media Research, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Oettingenstrße
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-12-22
- Published:
- [place of publication not identified]: SAGE Publishing
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10124
- Journal Title:
- Science Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 41(1) : 3-37
- Notes:
- 34 pages., via online journal, he use of antibiotics in agriculture contributes to antimicrobial resistance. We surveyed German farmers (n = 336) on their intention to adopt alternative antimicrobial agents (AAA) and used the diffusion of innovations approach as a theoretical guide. (1) Farmers’ views regarding the relative advantage and complexity of AAA, (2) their use of and trust in information sources and channels, and (3) various individual and organizational characteristics were entered as predictors in two explorative models. While farmers’ intention to adopt AAA was generally very high, selected variables in all three categories predicted variations in the intensity of the adoption intention.