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2. Booker's boondoggle
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Henderson, Greg (author)
- Format:
- Opinion
- Publication Date:
- 2021-08
- Published:
- USA: Drovers CattleNetwork, Lenexa, Kansas.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13141
- Notes:
- 1 page
3. Court Strikes Down Iowa's 'Ag-Gag' Law That Blocked Undercover Investigations
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Schwartz, Matthew S. (author) and National Public Radio (NPR)
- Format:
- News article
- Publication Date:
- 2019-01-10
- Published:
- United States: NPR
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: D10941
- Notes:
- 4 pages, via online article and podcast
4. Genetic modification, factory farms, and ALF: A focus group study of the Netflix original film Okja
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Steede, Garrett M. (author), Opat, Kelsi (author), Curren, Leah (author), and Irlbeck, Erica (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- USA: New Prairie Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: D10139
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Applied Communications
- Journal Title Details:
- 102(4)
- Notes:
- 15 pages, via online journal article, Okja is a fictional Netflix original film that was released in 2017. Okja features a “super pig” that is owned by the large, agricultural company Mirando Corporation. Okja is raised by a young girl, Mija, and her grandfather in the South Korean mountains. The film climaxes when Mija and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) narrowly save Okja and a smuggled piglet from the slaughter process. The purpose of this study was to understand how college students responded to the film. The viewers of this film included students who were majoring in a field within the agricultural college (COA) at Texas Tech University as well as students who were majoring in a field outside of agriculture (NCOA). Emergent themes from this focus group study identified the film as overdramatized and that the film misrepresented food production. Previous knowledge and experiences impacted how viewers perceived the film with COA students indicating that Okja was portrayed more like a pet than as a food animal. Both COA and NCOA students indicated that their food purchasing decisions would not be affected by viewing the film. Findings suggested that entertainment films may not be an effective method for changing public opinion of agriculture and food production. Transparency in agriculture through real-life and real-time activities in a documentary style may serve a greater role in improving public opinion of food and agricultural production practices and industries.Findings from this study serve as an indicator of the role entertainment films play in swaying public opinion of food and agriculture.
5. Idaho ag-gag law struck down
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Format:
- Article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-08-04
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11817
- Notes:
- Via website of Corporate Crime Reporter. 2 pages., An Idaho federal court held that the law violated the First Amendment by "suppressing speech "on topics of immense public importance including the safety of the food supply, and the safety of farm workers and animals."
6. Ignorance is bliss: self-regulation and the Ag-Gag laws in the American meat industry
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wrock, Rebecca Kristen (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D11514
- Journal Title:
- Contemporary Justice Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 19(2) : 267-279
- Notes:
- 16 pages., Animals, Justice and the Law Part 2., Author offered information and perspectives about development of "Ag-Gag" laws in some states involving the reporting of production and slaughter practices in the meat industry, their effect on society, and limitations of self-regulation.
7. Social media hypes about agro-food issues: activism, scandals and conflicts
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Stevens, T.M. (author), Aarts, N. (author), Termeer, C.J.A.M. (author), and Dewulf, A. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Netherlands
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 137 Document Number: D11475
- Journal Title:
- Food Policy
- Journal Title Details:
- 79: 23-34
- Notes:
- 12 pages., Online via UI electronic subscription, Analysis of five cases of peak social media activity in the Dutch livestock sector. Findings indicated that social media hypes revolved around activism, scandals, and conflicts - each with characteristic patterns of activity, framing, interaction and media interplay. "Our results show the need to adopt a proactive and interactive approach that transcends the view of social media as a mere communication channel to respond in crisis situations."