22 pages., Via online., Case report of a "Family Dinner Night" tradition in a neighborhood of Tampa Bay, Florida. Findings revealed the way food serves to build a sense of community via open invitation and shared storytelling. Authors concluded by discussing the positive impact this tradition has had on its participants through an increased sense of familial connections and social capital.
21 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, "This essay makes the argument for the centrality of communication in studying and developing community." Following discussion of general theoretical arguments affirming and advancing this case, the author examined a specific type of community-oriented communicative event - civic communion. "Civic communions are episodes of community interaction that function as rhetorical and performative civic sacraments bonding citizenry around the social and political structures of a specific locale."
Sabiescu, Amalia (author) and Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2009-11-04
Published:
Romania
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C35684
Notes:
Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Conference 2009, Prato, Italy, November 4-6, 2009. 14 pages., Exploring potentials for using digital storytelling to safeguard endangered cultures.
Fuller, Sara (author), Bickerstaff, Karen (author), Khaw, Fu-Meng (author), and Curtis, Sarah (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2010
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07367
Notes:
Pages 261-277 in Peter Bennett, Kenneth Calman, Sarah Curtis and Denis Fischbacher-Smith (eds.). Risk communication and public health. Second edition. Osvord University Press, Oxford, England. 339 pages.
Villar, Ricarda B. (author), Grande, Elmer Harold O. (author), Sandoval, Robert Jr. (author), Fadri-Francisco, Rosa Pilipinas (author), Suva, Madeline M. (author), Barroga-Jamias, Serlie (author), Custodio, Pamela A. (author), Mercado, Heidi Daniela L. (author), and Department of Development Journalism, College of Development Communication, University of the Philippines at Los Banos
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2011-12
Published:
Philippines
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00695
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01202
Notes:
Pages 171-177 in Chris Reij and Ann Waters-Bayer (eds.), Farmer innovation in Africa: a source of inspiration for agricultural development. Earthscan Publications, Ltd., London, England. 362 pages.
