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    3. Controlling the sales call

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Downey, W. David (author / Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics) and Purdue University, Department of Agricultural Economics
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1980
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 53 Document Number: C00965
    Journal Title:
    Agri Marketing
    Journal Title Details:
    18(12): 50-51
    Notes:
    AgComm Teaching

    4. From telephones in rural Oaxaca to mobile phones among Mixtec farm workers in Oxnard, California

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Jimenez, Carlos (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2017
    Published:
    USA: SAGE Journals
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: D10148
    Journal Title:
    New Media & Society
    Journal Title Details:
    19(12) : 2059–2074
    Notes:
    16 pages., Via online journal., Indigenous Mexican immigrants (Mixtecs) from rural Oaxaca, Mexico, experience a high level of isolation and seasonal farm work, but the increasing speed of communication technology stands to overcome these difficulties. For farm workers, the initial experience of landlines and public pay phones was filled with anxiety and missed connections. Despite the benefits of mobile phones, their adoption was delayed among Mixtec in Oxnard, California, because of a combination of legal status, high cost, and seasonal work. This article finds that a surge in mobile phone adoption and use took place during a time where production of labor-intensive crops like strawberries increased throughout California, farm worker settlement patterns matured, and mobile phone plans changed becoming more affordable and easier to understand. The widespread adoption of mobile phones brought more predictability to the informal agricultural job market for farm workers, but this did not necessarily mean higher wages in the strawberry fields.

    5. Intraorganizational communication: a study of communication/interaction among core subprograms of the Enugu State Agricultural Development Program, Enugu State, Nigeria

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Iwuchukwu, J. C. (author) and Agwu, A. E. (author)
    Format:
    Online journal article
    Publication Date:
    2012
    Published:
    Taylor & Francis
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10478
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
    Journal Title Details:
    13(3): 240-249
    Notes:
    11 pages., via online journal., In recognition of the importance of communication in extension work and agriculture, this study assessed communication methods used among core sub-programs of the Enugu State Agricultural Development Program (ENADEP). Sixty-three staff were randomly selected to participate in the study. Statistical tools such as percentage, mean score, and factor analysis were used in data analysis. Findings show that a downward (top-down) communication flow was most common, with posters and workshops as primary communication tools. Technology review meetings and training were major situations in which communication occurred, while achievement of ENADEP objectives was the most important motive for communication. Communicator knowledge about subject matter was the top-rated factor that enhanced communication; security/credibility- and human/autocracy-related problems were major constraints to effective communication. The study recommends a de-emphasis on top-down communication approaches and encourages use of digital/information communication technology (ICT) tools to minimize the gap between generation and dissemination of information and its application.