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    3. Risk, trust and knowledge networks in farmers' learning

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Sligo, F.X. (author), Massey, Claire (author), and Department of Communication and Journalism, Massey University Massey University, New Zealand Centre for SME Research
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2007-04
    Published:
    Elsevier
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 16 Document Number: D10440
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Rural Studies
    Journal Title Details:
    23(2) : 170-182
    Notes:
    13 pages., Via online journal., This study reports on New Zealand dairy farmers’ access to and use of information as mediated through conditions of risk and trust within the context of their interpersonal social networks. We located participants’ reports of their information use within their perceived environments of trust and risk, following Giddens's [1990. The consequences of modernity. Polity Press, Stanford, CA] typology of trust and risk in pre-modernity and modernity. The research participants were constant users of interpersonal and print information from numerous sources, and monitored their incoming data in the light of strategic needs, reflecting their roles as both farming practitioners and business owners. Socio-spatial knowledge networks (SSKNs) combine individuals’ explanatory cognitive models of information acquisition and use with a micro-geographical analysis of their interpersonal networks. The participants showed characteristics of pre-modern, modern and even post-modern society in respect of their use of complex interactional forms, as well as a blending of individualistic and communitarian practices and concerns in their professional and personal lives.