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2. Consumer attitude and behaviour towards food waste
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Radzyminska, Monika (author), Jakubowska, Dominika (author), and Staniewska, Katarzyna (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- Poland
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10926
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
- Journal Title Details:
- 1(39) : 175-181
- Notes:
- This paper presents the attitudes and behaviour of young consumers towards food waste based on a pilot qualitative research and data published in the literature. Qualitative research was conducted with the use of focus group method, with approximately 8–10 selected students per group. Four focus group sessions were held, with open discussion led by a moderator and the scenario containing problematic issues. The study included a total of thirty-seven students, aged 22– 25 years. Studies have shown that negative attitude of household towards food waste is not frequently reflected in consumers’ behaviour, despite their fundamental knowledge on how to reduce food waste. Respondents emphasized the need for educational campaigns. Properly selected and presented information will stimulate both consumer’s attitude and behaviour.
3. Consumer trends and attitudes to functional foods
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Mattas, Konstadinos (author), Galanopoulos, Konstantinos (author), Karelakis, Christos (author), and Zevgitis, Panagiotis (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Published:
- Greece
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D11507
- Journal Title:
- Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing
- Journal Title Details:
- : 1-29
- Notes:
- 29 pages., Findings of a survey among consumers indicated that consumers recognize different kinds of functional foods, are willing to pay a premium for their purchase, and perceive possible health value. However, they appeared anxious about the health benefits these foods communicate in their labels.
4. How people share information about food: insights from Tweets regarding two Italian regions
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Platania, Marco (author) and Spadoni, Roberta (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Italy
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11108
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- 9(2) : 149-165
- Notes:
- Available online at www.centmapress.org, Describes the type of information regarding food shared on Twitter and what kind of network is established between Twitter users in those cases when the #food in question is associated to a geographical area. Findings highlighted differences between the two networks surveyed, both with regard to the actors involved and to the way in which they share information on Twitter.
5. Insects or not insects? Dilemmas or attraction for young generations: a case in Italy
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Cavallo, Carla (author) and Materia, Valentina C. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Italy
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11111
- Journal Title:
- International Journal on Food System Dynamics
- Journal Title Details:
- 9(3) : 226-239
- Notes:
- Available online at www.centmapress.org, Authors address the production of proteins from insects as the next big challenge for Western countries. Results from a sampling of millennials suggested that acceptance is "far to be obtained, although the most powerful driver to insect consumption can be the invisibility of the insect shape."
6. Interaction between message framing and consumers' prior subjective knowledge regarding food safety issues
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Jin, Hyun Joung (author) and Han, Dae Hee (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- South Korea
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 137 Document Number: D11466
- Journal Title:
- Food Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 44 : 95-102
- Notes:
- 8 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription, Through a questionnaire administered to university students taking food-related courses, researchers found that message framing has an influence on their purchasing intentions related to a food hazard issue. Results further suggested that the effect of framing was related to the respondent's prior knowledge about the issue.
7. Interactive communication with the public: qualitative exploration of the use of social media by food and health organizations
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Shan, Liran Christine (author), Panagiotopoulos, Panagiotis (author), Regan, Aine (author), De Brun, Aoife (author), Barnett, Julie (author), Wall, Patrick (author), and McConnon, Aine (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D11599
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
- Journal Title Details:
- 47(1) : 104-108
- Notes:
- 5 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, Researchers examined the use and impact of social media on two-way communication between consumers and public organizations in the food safety and nutrition area. Findings indicated that social media penetrated and brought new opportunities to interactions between food organizations and the public.
8. Mass media and food hygiene education
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Griffith, C.J. (author), Mathias, K.A. (author), and Price, P.E. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1994
- Published:
- Wales
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10375
- Journal Title:
- British Food Journal
- Journal Title Details:
- 96(9) : 16-21
- Notes:
- 9 pages., UI electronic subscription
9. One bad apple spoils the bunch? An exploration of broad consumption changes in response to food recalls
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Peake, Whitney O. (author), Detre, Joshua D. (author), and Carlson, Clinton C. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 137 Document Number: D11468
- Journal Title:
- Food Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 49 : 13-22
- Notes:
- 10 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription., Researchers surveyed 423 students enrolled in agriculture, business, and communication design courses at two universities, as well as Facebook users. Responses involving identified food recalls were analyzed using hierarchical regression analysis. Findings indicated that recall concern, propensity to reduce consumption beyond the recall parameters, and media reliance held strong, direct effects on broad consumption changes.
10. The role of social media in gastronomy industry
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hegyes, Eva Gorgenyi (author), Mate, Balazs (author), Vafacaei, Seyyed Amir (author), and Farkas, Maria Fekete (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- Hungary
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10281
- Journal Title:
- Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce
- Journal Title Details:
- 11(3-4) : 95-104
- Notes:
- Via online., Considering the rapidly changing business environment, staying competitive is a key issue and challenge for companies in the 21st century. The criteria of a company’s success and competitiveness is the changing behavior of the different economic actors and its influence. Through the information society came to the fore, the use of diverse information technology tools and methods has become a significant influence factor in terms of the entrepreneurs or company management and also the customers or other partners. Due to the rapid expansion of new technology developments, the role and importance of social media is continuously increasing. Also statistics show that one of the most regularly used IT tool is the social media and the different web 2.0 applications. The current study is intended to provide a better understanding how social media can emphasize the competitiveness of companies and format the consumer behavior in a special sector – the rapidly developing gastronomy industry. This paper presents an empirical research about the role of social media in the above mentioned industry based on the primary data which are gathered through a survey performed in Hungary. Beyond the empirical results presented, the paper also aims to provide some recommendations for research methodology – based on the international literature review and the Authors’ own experiences – both in gastronomy industry’s and customers’ point of view. Through the analysis the research hypotheses were examined and the most important correlations were identified between the survey results and the Authors’ initial supposition