Richards, Timothy J. (author), Klein, Gordon (author), Bonner, Celine (author), and Bouamra-Mechemache, Zohra (author)
Format:
Research summary
Publication Date:
unknown
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 199 Document Number: D10026
Notes:
Paper presented at the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, July 30-August 1, 2017. 44 pages., Authors examined retail sales data in several product categories (e.g., coffee and soft drinks) to learn how margins can vary with package size. They cited evidence of "strategic obfuscation" through slight differentiations of product sizes or flavors.
Friend, Cecilia (author) and Singer, Jane B. (author)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
USA: M.E. Sharpe, Inc., Armonk, New York.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C37030
Notes:
245 pages., Includes (page 125) a brief mention of an ethics issue arising from a blogging project connected with marketing a new "Raging Cow" milk drink.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11333
Notes:
Online from the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. 22 pages., Report of a national online survey among a representative sample of 18- to 37-year old residents in the United States. Invited information about science topics and other related and unrelated content areas, then build a picture of science relevance and connection from the full pattern of survey responses. "...this investigation represents a crucial first step toward a more data-driven, audience-centric approach to doing public engagement with and for young adults - an approach that is necessary and appropriate for the 21st century."
24 pages., Online via UI e-subscription, Researchers examined colors and pictures of food and drinks to determine what, if any, impact these aspects have on consumer beliefs regarding important product characteristics. Findings suggested that even when very concrete verbal information is used, graphical representations had a significant and long-term effect on product beliefs and purchase intentions.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26727
Notes:
Pages 37-58 in Ulrike Grote, Arnab K. Basu and Nancy H. Chau (eds.), New frontiers in environmental and social labeling. Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany. 241 pages.
Brown, Mark G. (author), Lee, Jong-Ying (author), and Behr, Robert M. (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1990-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10577
Notes:
17 pages., via conference paper presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association conference, August 1990., Analysis of grocery-store scanner data suggested that consumer confusion may exist between the two products, with advertising of grapefruit juice increasing demand for both.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 153 Document Number: D11621
Notes:
19 pages., Pages 241-258 in Mary-Lou Galician (ed.), Handbook of product placement in the mass media: new strategies in marketing theory, practice, trends, and ethics. Best Business Books, New York.
Print copy available, as well as online access via UI Catalog., Roundtable of contributor's responses to five questions about the setting, ethics, value, and future of "product placement" in movies and other mass media. Includes some respondents' references to inserted agriculture-related products/topics such as foods, drinks, and environment.
