1 page., "The question of reality is illustrated with the example of Arthur Rothstein's photography for the Farm Security Administration in 1936, and the issue of how much an image can be retouched before the fidelity of the image to nature is compromised."
Coutts, Jeff (author), Roberts, Kate (author), Frost, Fionnuala (author), Coutts, Amy (author), and Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Australian Government, Barton, ACT.
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
2005-07
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27017
Swinnen, Johan F.M. (author), Francken, Nathalie (author), Minten, Bart (author), and Research Group on Food Policy, Transition and Development (PRG-Leuven) & LICOS-Centre for Transition Economics, K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
Madagascar
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: C27322
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27910
Notes:
Updated version of a paper prepared for the International Research Foundation for Development World Forum 2005 Conference at La Marsa, Tunisia, November 14-16, 2005. 12 pages.
Sengupta, Ami (author), Long, Esther (author), Singhal, Arvind (author), Shefner-Rogers, Corrine L. (author), and Communication for Social Change Consortium, South Orange, New Jersey, and London, England.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2005
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 137 Document Number: D00848
International: International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22046
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4 pages., Reviews "new studies reaffirming that empowering women is the key to ensuring food and nutrition security in the developing world. This brief brings together IFPRI's most recent research findings on gender and food security and offers proof to policymakers that reducing gender disparities promotes better food and nutrition security for all."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22269
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Science and Development Network. 2 pages., Summarizes results of a survey of media coverage relating to genetically modified crops in five developing countries. Reports that "news stories often lack critical analysis of the issues at stake, and rarely represent the views of farmers."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 144 Document Number: C22388
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Presented in a session, "Linking science to paddocks," at the National Landcare Facilitator Community Conference, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. 3 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22592
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Posted at: http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/news/printNewsBis.asp?id=61508, Online from foodproductiondaily.com 3 pages., Urges food industry not to dismiss studies that seem "scientifically flawed." "It is simply not good enough - ever - to fall back on seeing only what we want to see." The process should not be driven by reports in mass media.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23034
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Presented at the 2005 Congress of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists,Thun, Switzerland, August 31-September 4, 2005. 1 page., IFAJ President Markey welcomes delegates to the 2005 Congress and describes current efforts to serve members through emphasis on professional development.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23035
Notes:
Presented at the 2005 Congress of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists,Thun, Switzerland, August 31-September 4, 2005. 3 pages., Member of the Government of the Canton of Berne describes the importance and development of agriculture in that region. Explains that agricultural journalists play an immensely important role in providing education and information to highlight relationships and convey the message.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23201
Notes:
Public Opinion Online, Roper Center at University of Connecticut via Lexis-Nexis. 1 page., Summary of responses to a question about activity level of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in conducting research on obesity related health problems.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23413
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Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 6 pages., Identifies efforts by some newspapers to cover the issue of methamphetamine abuse in rural America. Describes the issue and provides links to samples of media coverage.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23418
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From the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 3 pages., Remarks by Gene Clabes, former weekly publisher and former president of the Kentucky Press Association at the occasion of his being inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23419
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From the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 5 pages., Describes the role of Extension in helping tobacco growers and their communities adapt after more than 65 years of participation in the federal government's efforts to control and support tobacco prices in the United States.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23422
Notes:
From the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 2 pages., Report from a session of "Rural America, Community Issues," a conference programmed by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues for the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, University of Maryland, June 12-17, 2005.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23425
Notes:
From the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 2 pages., Report from an economic session of "Rural America, Community Issues," a conference programmed by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues for the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, University of Maryland, June 12-17, 2005. Spearker suggests that journalists should help public and private policymakers at all levels realize the challenges and choices they face in helping rural America adjust to seeking jobs in a globalizing economy.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23452
Notes:
Philippine Headline News Online. 2 pages., Describes how agricultural journalism has become "a big plus factor" in Philippine national development efforts, especially since 1976 when the Philippine Agricultural Journalists, Inc., organization was formed.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23514
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The New Agriculturist On-Line. 5 pages., Highlighted remarks from a seminar on this subject sponsored by the CTA (Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation in EU-ACP Countries), Government of Mozambique and the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.
Offer, Andy (author / President, European Federation of Information Technology for Agriculture)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2005-07-18
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23516
Notes:
Introduction to e-book: E.Gelb and A. Offer (eds.), ICT in Agriculture: perspectives of technological innovation. Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 7 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23518
Notes:
In the e-book, E.Gelb and A. Offer (eds.), ICT in Agriculture: perspectives of technological innovation. Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 8 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23519
Notes:
In the e-book, E.Gelb and A. Offer (eds.), ICT in Agriculture: perspectives of technological innovation. Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 6 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23521
Notes:
In the e-book, E.Gelb and A. Offer (eds.), ICT in Agriculture: perspectives of technological innovation. Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 19 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23522
Notes:
In the e-book, E.Gelb and A. Offer (eds.), ICT in Agriculture: perspectives of technological innovation. Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 14 pages.
Notes that educational attainment in rural America reached a historic high in 2000, with more than three in four rural residents completing high school and nearly one in six holding a four-year college degree. Suggests that rural policymakers are viewing education levels as a critical determinant of job and income growth in communities.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23639
Notes:
Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference in San Antonio, Texas, August 2005. 19 pages., Examines what Fourth Generation wireless broadband technology (e.g., for blogging, live television broadcasting, Web publication) may mean to newspapers in small communities. "The small-city newspaper must realize its own historical advantages in terms of depth reporting and its position as the community touchstone."
Gupta, Shangon Das (author) and Communication for Development and Learning, Bangalore, India.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2005-07-29
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23730
Notes:
The Hoot, Media South Asia. 3 pages., "Water journalism is a new concept in advocacy, bringing in the media as a key partner in the debate on issues of water scarcity, distribution, equity and ownership." Discusses the possible levels of operation for water journalism, citing examples.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23819
Notes:
Reviewed 3/13/2006 at http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=83144, Via Poynteronline. 8 pages, Discusses values and methods of computer assisted reporting (CAR) programs at newspapers. Cites an example involving an investigative series, "Boss Hog, North Carolina pork revolution." Reporters used CAR to enrich some stories about links between Murphy Farms and state policies involving sewage disposition regulations on hog farms.
Web magazine from the Master in Communication for Development, Malmo University, Sweden. 11 pages., Authors examine the role of communication for development within a globalized world.
Examines five cases of rural areas that deployed information and communication technology programs. "There is little evidence that telecommunications lead to economic growth or that businesses in the communities are using ICT extensively." Instead, "the physical deployment of the hardware is not sufficient to achieve success."
Solomon, Norman (author) and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, New York City, New York.
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2005-11-23
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24434
Notes:
Retrieved July 7, 2006, Media Beat. 2 pages., "Today, some people have bountiful tables while others have very little. On the rhetorical surface, Thanksgiving marks a time of appreciation. But meanwhile, most of all, media outlets encourage us to buy - and forget."
Describes how Cyrus Curtis bought Country Gentleman magazine in 1911 and it became "the dominant farm publication of the 1920s." The magazine "took the nineteenth-century symbol of the yeoman farmer and recast it in terms of consumption. In doing so, it created an idealistic image of a new class of consumers, an image that urban advertisers easily understood and willingly bought." CG had 2.4 million subscribers when it was sold to Farm Journal and Town Journal in 1955.
Salahuddin, Ahmad (author), Magor, Noel P. (author), Paris, Thelma (author), and Nabi, Shaila Arifa (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
Bangladesh
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24691
Notes:
Pages 14-28 in Paul Van Mele, Ahmad Salahuddin and Noel P. Magor (eds.), Innovations in rural extension: case studies from Bangladesh. CABI Publishing, Oxfordshire, England. 307 pages.
Van Mele, Paul (author) and Lessa, Helen Latifun (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
Bangladesh
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24692
Notes:
Pages 29-39 in Paul Van Mele, Ahmad Salahuddin and Noel P. Magor (eds.), Innovations in rural extension: case studies from Bangladesh. CABI Publishing, Oxfordshire, England. 307 pages.
Van Mele, Paul (author), Salahuddin, Ahmad (author), and Magor, Noel P. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
Bangladesh
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24706
Notes:
Pages 257-296 in Paul Van Mele, Ahmad Salahuddin and Noel P. Magor (eds.), Innovations in rural extension: case studies from Bangladesh. CABI Publishing, Oxfordshire, England. 307 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24724
Notes:
Retrieved October 14, 2005, Via Science and Development Network. 4 pages., "A democratic dialogue over science-related issues is critical for modern societies. But providing reliable information in an accessible way is an essential prerequisite for this to occur." Author notes a worrying trend within much of the world's media whereby a traditional commitment to reporting facts is giving way to coverage on interpretations of fact (or "spin").
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24758
Notes:
Retrieved September 27, 2006, Via Poynteronline. 3 pages., Case report about award-winning coverage by the News and Observer of issues related to big swine operations in North Carolina.
