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2. Beyond false balance: how interpretive journalism shapes media coverage of climate change
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bruggemann, Michael (author) and Engesser, Sven (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 134 Document Number: D11410
- Journal Title:
- Global Environmental Change
- Journal Title Details:
- 42 : 58-67
- Notes:
- 29 pages., Online via ResearchgGate., This study linked an analysis of media content in five countries to a survey of the authors of articles reported in those countries. "It finds that climate journalism has moved beyond the norm of balance towards a more interpretive pattern of journalism. Quoting contrarian voices still is part of transnational climate coverage, but these quotes are contextualized with a dismissal of climate change denial." Researchers concluded that coverage is overlooking "the more relevant debates about climate change."
3. Consumer attitudes towards production diseases in intensive production systems
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Clark, Beth (author), Panzone, Luca A. (author), Stewart, Gavin B. (author), Kyriazakis, Ilias (author), Niemi, Jarkko K. (author), Latvala, Terhi (author), Tranter, Richard (author), Jones, Philip (author), and Frewer, Lynn J. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-01-10
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10240
- Journal Title:
- PLoS ONE
- Journal Title Details:
- 14(1)
- Notes:
- Many members of the public and important stakeholders operating at the upper end of the food chain, may be unfamiliar with how food is produced, including within modern animal production systems. The intensification of production is becoming increasingly common in modern farming. However, intensive systems are particularly susceptible to production diseases, with potentially negative consequences for farm animal welfare (FAW). Previous research has demonstrated that the public are concerned about FAW, yet there has been little research into attitudes towards production diseases, and their approval of interventions to reduce these. This research explores the public’s attitudes towards, and preferences for, FAW interventions in five European countries (Finland, Germany, Poland, Spain and the UK). An online survey was conducted for broilers (n = 789), layers (n = 790) and pigs (n = 751). Data were analysed by means of Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA, exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. The results suggest that the public have concerns regarding intensive production systems, in relation to FAW, naturalness and the use of antibiotics. The most preferred interventions were the most “proactive” interventions, namely improved housing and hygiene measures. The least preferred interventions were medicine-based, which raised humane animal care and food safety concerns amongst respondents. The results highlighted the influence of the identified concerns, perceived risks and benefits on attitudes and subsequent behavioural intention, and the importance of supply chain stakeholders addressing these concerns in the subsequent communications with the public.
4. Food production and resource use of urban farms and gardens: a five-country study
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Dorr, Erica (author), Hawes, Jason K. (author), Goldstein, Benjamin (author), Fargue-Lelièvre, Agnèsa (author), Fox-Kämper, Runrid Cohen, (author), Specht, Kathrind (author), Fedeńczak, Konstancja (author), Caputo, Silvio (author), Cohen, Nevin (author), Poniży, Lidiae (author), Schoen, Victoria (author), Górecki, Tomaszi (author), Newell, Joshua P. (author), Jean-Soro, Liliane (author), and Grard, Baptiste (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2023-02-01
- Published:
- United States: Springer
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12838
- Journal Title:
- Agronomy for Sustainable Development
- Journal Title Details:
- Online
- Notes:
- 17pgs, There is a lack of data on resources used and food produced at urban farms. This hampers attempts to quantify the environmental impacts of urban agriculture or craft policies for sustainable food production in cities. To address this gap, we used a citizen science approach to collect data from 72 urban agriculture sites, representing three types of spaces (urban farms, collective gardens, individual gardens), in five countries (France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom, and United States). We answered three key questions about urban agriculture with this unprecedented dataset: (1) What are its land, water, nutrient, and energy demands? (2) How productive is it relative to conventional agriculture and across types of farms? and (3) What are its contributions to local biodiversity? We found that participant farms used dozens of inputs, most of which were organic (e.g., manure for fertilizers). Farms required on average 71.6 L of irrigation water, 5.5 L of compost, and 0.53 m2 of land per kilogram of harvested food. Irrigation was lower in individual gardens and higher in sites using drip irrigation. While extremely variable, yields at well-managed urban farms can exceed those of conventional counterparts. Although farm type did not predict yield, our cluster analysis demonstrated that individually managed leisure gardens had lower yields than other farms and gardens. Farms in our sample contributed significantly to local biodiversity, with an average of 20 different crops per farm not including ornamental plants. Aside from clarifying important trends in resource use at urban farms using a robust and open dataset, this study also raises numerous questions about how crop selection and growing practices influence the environmental impacts of growing food in cities. We conclude with a research agenda to tackle these and other pressing questions on resource use at urban farms.
5. Hungry for change + thirsty for life: the socially responsive communication, design and art kitchen and its dishes
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Vodeb, Oliver (author)
- Format:
- Book chapter
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 6 Document Number: D10202
- Notes:
- Pages 15-30 in Oliver Vodeb (ed), Food democracy: critical lessons in food communication, design and art. Intellect: Bristol, UK. 553 pages.
6. Is mobile phone use associated with spacial dimensions? A comparative study on mobile phone use in five European countries
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Fortunati, Leopoldina (author), Manganelli, Anna Maria (author), and de Luca, Federico (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: D06314
- Journal Title:
- Information, Communication and Society
- Journal Title Details:
- 18(9) : 1057-1075
7. Lifelong learning in the digital age: a content analysis of recent research on participation
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Head, Alison J. (author), Van Hoeck, Michele (author), and Garson, Deborah S. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-02-02
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D06799
- Journal Title:
- First Monday
- Journal Title Details:
- 20(2)
- Notes:
- Via online. 48 pages.
8. Making personalised nutrition the easy choice: creating policies to break down the barriers and reap the benefits
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Stewart-Knox, B.J. (author), Markovina, J. (author), Rankin, A. (author), Bunting, B.P. (author), Kuznesof, S. (author), Fischer, A.R.H. (author), Van der Lans, L.A. (author), Poinhos, R. (author), de Almeida, M.D.V. (author), Panzone, L. (author), Gibney, M. (author), and Frewer, L.J. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 137 Document Number: D11461
- Journal Title:
- Food Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 63 : 134-144
- Notes:
- 11 pages., Via UI online subscription, Researchers examined the degree to which factors which determine uptake of personalised nutrition vary between EU countries to better target policies to encourage uptake, and optimise the health benefits of personalised nutrition technology.
9. Managing your image
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Beth, Katjo (author), Leroy, Adrien (author), Madsen, Jens (author), and Read, Peter (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2014-06
- Published:
- International: John Deere (European Edition in English language)
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 145 Document Number: D06584
- Journal Title:
- Furrow
- Journal Title Details:
- 120(2) : 14-18
- Notes:
- Includes 2014 research results involving consumer trust of farmers in countries throughout the world.
10. Mobilizing opinion: achieving results
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Harris, Sam (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- International
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: D11450
- Journal Title:
- Food Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 15(4) : 313-318
- Notes:
- 6 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription, Describes the scope, mission, and activities of Results, an international citizen's lobby which has grown to include 150 groups in seven countries. Focuses on these major approaches to ending hunger and poverty in the Third World: small-farmer agricultural development, improving the survival of small children through immunization, oral rehydration therapy, breast-feeding and growth monitoring, promoting small loans to the poorest people. and adopting concrete, measurable goals to reduce global poverty.