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2. Ag Resource Tools and Media Coverage: A Study of Newspaper Coverage of Cotton in Texas
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Doerfert, David L. (author), Oskam, Judy B. (author), Akers, Cindy (author), Davis Chad S. (author), and Vinyard, Ashlee (author)
- Format:
- Online article
- Publication Date:
- 2008-10
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 172 Document Number: C28903
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol. 46, No. 5
3. Catastrophe and Environmental Restoration: Analyzing the Frames and Sources of Oyster Restoration News Stories
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Brown, Hannah O. (author), Jacobson, Susan K. (author), and Israel, Glenn (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2020-12
- Published:
- United States: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12031
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol 104, Issue 4
- Notes:
- 22 Pages, Online Public Access, Restoration of oyster habitats is a critical solution to halt the decline of one of the world’s most threatened resources. News coverage about environmental topics, like oyster restoration, is important to local communities that are directly impacted. However, little research has assessed how restoration topics are framed by journalists, nor how environmental disasters may affect framing of news stories for the public. This study employed a longitudinal framing analysis, using the quantity of coverage and social responsibility theories, to examine how coverage of the restoration of oyster ecosystems shifted before, during, and after the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The frames and sources of 763 newspaper articles were assessed, including 18 local newspapers from five U.S. Gulf Coast states and three high-circulation national newspapers. Logistic regression analyses revealed that the occurrence of an environmental catastrophe shifted media focus from environmental frames before the spill to community and economic frames during and after the spill. Stories were dominated by environmental frames (49%) and primarily relied on quotes from resource managers (50%) over all other groups. Local resource users were quoted less than 5% of the time in local articles. Findings provide a foundation for natural resource managers and communication specialists to understand how information about natural resources changes during disasters and reveals the perspectives that are most and least commonly used to frame and define stories about coastal resources and important gaps in coverage.
4. Covering global warming in dubious times: environmental reporters in the new media ecosystem
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gibson, Timothy A (author), Craig, Richard T (author), Harper, Allison C (author), and Alpert, Jordan M (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016-05
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D06934
- Journal Title:
- Journalism
- Journal Title Details:
- 17(4) : 417-434
5. Sources of agricultural news: the media relations environment of agricultural communication professionals
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ruth, Amanda M. (author) and University of Florida
- Format:
- Dissertation
- Publication Date:
- 2005
- Published:
- Ann Arbor: ProQuest
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 17 Document Number: D10470
- Notes:
- 224 pages., ISBN: 9780542353819, 0542353814, Via ProQuest Dissertations and Theses., The purpose of this study was to explore the culture of agricultural communication professionals in their role as the source of agricultural information for the news media. Research indicates there is a lack of understanding and appreciation for agriculture throughout the general public. As a result, communicating agricultural information is important in creating an informed public. Agricultural communication professionals are assigned the task of communicating agricultural information and issues to a non-agrarian society, a tremendous responsibility. The majority of individuals receive information about scientific topics, specifically agriculture, through mass media channels. In accordance to existing literature on gatekeeping and agenda building concepts of communication, this group of communicators play a significant role in the dissemination of agricultural information through mass media channels. Therefore, an investigation of the media relations environment of agricultural communication professionals allowed this study to make a unique contribution to communications theory and the field of agricultural communications. This applied-exploratory study utilized qualitative methodology in order to gather rich data from participants. Through 12 in-depth interviews and three online asynchronous focus groups, a snowball sample of agricultural communication professionals shared their media relations perceptions, experiences, and strategies. Using multiple source and method triangulation methods, data were pooled and analyzed using inductive analysis techniques. Findings from the study are categorized into three metathemes that describe the significant results of the study: the culture of agricultural communication professionals in regard to media relations, the agricultural source-reporter relationship as well as relationship building strategies, and the communication decision and choices made when communicating with the news media. Overall, the findings in this study bring to light the crossroads that agricultural communication professionals are encountering. Participants implied they are currently experiencing a defining moment in the profession, one that could easily advance or deteriorate the profession. The study provided direction for theory and practice, which includes a foundation for research in agricultural media relations and suggestions for moving a passive culture of communicators to a more active and highly effective culture.
6. The contribution of city magazines to the urbam information environment
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Sivek, Susan Currie (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D06895
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Magazine and New Media Research
- Journal Title Details:
- 16(1) : 1-17
7. The influence of media use on environmental engagement: a political socialization approach
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Östman, Johan (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2013-11-21
- Published:
- International: Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., 2 Park Square Oxford OX14 4RN United Kingdom
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: D08559
- Journal Title:
- Environmental Communication
- Journal Title Details:
- 8 (1): 92-109
8. “Othering” agricultural biotechnology: Slovenian media representation of agricultural biotechnology
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Zajc, Jožica (author) and Erjavec, Karmen (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-08
- Published:
- Slovenia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D06864
- Journal Title:
- Public Understanding of Science
- Journal Title Details:
- 23(6) : 678-687