Abbott, Eric A. (author / Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication) and Iowa State University
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2004-06-20
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: C21022
Notes:
Paper presented to Research Special Interest Group, Association for Communication Excellence, for presentation at its international meeting, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, June 20-24. Paul Yarbrough, emeritus professor, Cornell University, contributed to the design of the study., 16 p., A total of 226 Iowa farm households with computers were surveyed in 2001 about their use of the Internet for both farm and non-farm uses. Of the 111 farmers (49%) that responded, 87 (78%) used the Internet. Results showed heavy Internet use by multiple household members (farmer, spouse and children), especially for information-seeking and email activities. Use of the Internet for transactions was limited. Farmers were more likely to seek farm decision information, whereas children were more likely to play games and use the Internet for school activities. Spouses used the Internet mostly for email. Farmers now regard the Internet as an essential tool for gathering information they couldn't find elsewhere. Implications for communicators are that the Internet should now be part of the information plan for all communicators serving rural farm audiences, both for farm and non-farm information. Extension and other trusted sources should spend more time guiding clients to trustworthy sites for information.
Kotsiri, Sofia (author), Rejesus, Roderick M. (author), Larkin, Sherry (author), Lambert, Dayton M. (author), English, Burton C. (author), Larson, James A. (author), Velandia, Margarita M. (author), Roberts, Roland K. (author), Mishra, Ashok K. (author), and Paudel, Krishna P. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2013-02-03
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00900
Notes:
Paper presented at the Southern Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Orlando, Florida, February 3-5, 2013. 31 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C11773
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Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Proceedings of the 13th annual conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education, Arlington, Virginia, April 3-5, 1997.
West, Gale E. (author) and Ouattara, Lassina (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2014-05
Published:
Canada
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 127 Document Number: D02721
Notes:
Paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association 2014 AAEA/CAES joint annual meeting, Montreal, Canada, May 29-30, 2014. 22 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 182 Document Number: C37019
Notes:
Delivered at "Wind erosion: an international symposium/workshop," Wind Erosion Research Unit, USDA, Kansas State University, Manhattan, June 3-5, 1997. 12 pages.
Van der Westhuizen, C. (author) and Viljoen, M.F. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
South Africa
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24685
Notes:
Pages 650-664 in Fedro S. Zazueta and Jiannong Xin (eds.), Computers in agriculture: proceedings of the 7th international conference on computers in agriculture, Orlando, Florida, October 26-30, 1998. St. Joseph, Michigan: American Society of Agricultural Engineers. 999 pages.
