Abbott, Eric A. (author / Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication) and Iowa State University
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2004-06-20
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: C21022
Notes:
Paper presented to Research Special Interest Group, Association for Communication Excellence, for presentation at its international meeting, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, June 20-24. Paul Yarbrough, emeritus professor, Cornell University, contributed to the design of the study., 16 p., A total of 226 Iowa farm households with computers were surveyed in 2001 about their use of the Internet for both farm and non-farm uses. Of the 111 farmers (49%) that responded, 87 (78%) used the Internet. Results showed heavy Internet use by multiple household members (farmer, spouse and children), especially for information-seeking and email activities. Use of the Internet for transactions was limited. Farmers were more likely to seek farm decision information, whereas children were more likely to play games and use the Internet for school activities. Spouses used the Internet mostly for email. Farmers now regard the Internet as an essential tool for gathering information they couldn't find elsewhere. Implications for communicators are that the Internet should now be part of the information plan for all communicators serving rural farm audiences, both for farm and non-farm information. Extension and other trusted sources should spend more time guiding clients to trustworthy sites for information.
Abbott, Eric A. (author / Iowa State University), Carr, Ana Ramirez (author / Iowa State University), and Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Format:
conference papers
Publication Date:
1997-03-04
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: C20286
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, Section F; from "1997 conference papers : Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education", 13th Annual Conference, 3, 4, 5 April 1997, Arlington, Virginia
Abbott, Eric A. (author / Iowa State University), John L. Woods (author / University of Illinois), and Abawi, George S. (author / Cornell University)
Format:
Proposal
Publication Date:
1987-04-20
Published:
Jordan
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D09981
Notes:
From files of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois. Project implemented by the Communication for Technology Transfer in Agriculture (CTTA) Project in cooperation with the National Center for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer, Highland Agricultural Development Project, and the U.S. Agency for International Development/Jordan.
Abbott, Eric A. (author / Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, Iowa State University) and Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, Iowa State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 90 Document Number: C06429
James F. Evans Collection; Gail, For upscale and younger farmers, videotex and teletext are emerging as a "best source" for relatively perishable or highly volatile information like market prices but otherwise seem to complement rather than replace existing sources of more stable information. (original)
Abbott, Eric A. (author) and Carr, Ana Ramirez (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
1997-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C11771
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Proceedings of the 13th annual conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education, Arlington, Virginia, April 3-5, 1997.
Abbott, Eric A. (author), Schmidt, Allan G. (author), and Yarbrough, J. Paul (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29076
Notes:
Pages 201-226 in Peter F. Korsching, Patricia C. Hipple and Eric A. Abbott (eds.), Having all the right connections: telecommunications and rural viability. Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. 348 pages.
Abbott, Eric A. (author) and Rodriguez, Lulu (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2008-06-10
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27728
Notes:
Abstract available in CD and print formats. Full text available in print format., Presented to the Research Special Interest Group at the annual meeting of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences, in Traverse City, Michigan, June 10, 2008. 27 pages.
Abbott, Eric A. (author) and Lucht, Tracy (author)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2000-07-25
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C11222
Journal Title Details:
page 77-94
Notes:
Also includes discussant remarks in Session III Discussant comments by Robert Agunga at page 122-124, Proceedings of the Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE): Research Paper Presentations, 25 July 2000, Washington, D.C.
The Research Special Interest Group, Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE), 25 July 2000, Washington, D.C.
Abbott, Eric A. (author), Yarbrough, J. Paul (author), and Abbott: Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Iowa State University; Yarbrough: Department of Communication, Cornell University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 90 Document Number: C06428
James F. Evans Collection, New communication technologies such as the microcomputer, videotex/teletext systems, the videocassette recorder, and satellite receiving dishes have been available to farmers since the early 1980s. This longitudinal study examines ethical issues associated with the impact that differential patterns of adoption and use of these technologies have had on inequalities among farmers from 1982 to 1989. The results demonstrate a strong adoption and use bias toward larger scale farmers who already have well-developed skills for handling information. This bias is especially strong for microcomputer and videotex/teletex systems and it is increasing over time. Although the same farmers are not adopting all communication innovations, there is a strong tendency toward the already information-rich making the most use of the innovations they adopt. The article concludes with several recommendations that would help minimize some of these information inequalities. (original)
Abbott, Eric A. (author) and Lucht, Tracy (author)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
2001-08-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 119 Document Number: C13594
Notes:
11 p., Paper presented to the Science Communication Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington DC, August 5-8,2001
Abbott, Eric A. (author) and Pellerin, Bridget Moser (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29073
Notes:
Pages 121-145 in Peter F. Korsching, Patricia C. Hipple and Eric A. Abbott (eds.), Having all the right connections: telecommunications and rural viability. Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. 348 pages.
Abbott, Eric A. (author) and Niebauer, Walter E. Jr. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2000
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29072
Notes:
Pages 101-120 in Peter F. Korsching, Patricia C. Hipple and Eric A. Abbott (eds.), Having all the right connections: telecommunications and rural viability. Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. 348 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 202 Document Number: D12115
Notes:
Online from website of the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona. 2 pages., Article cites definitions that include corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a sense of responsibility toward the community and the environment that companies incorporate into their business models. Includes resources that journalists can use to report on CSR. Identifies a source of data about the top 100 companies with the best CSR reputation.
Abdullah, Ma'n (author), Theobald, Dale E. (author), Butler, Donna (author), Kroenke, Kurt (author), Perkins, Anthony (author), Edgerton, Sara (author), and Dugan, William M. Jr. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 158 Document Number: C25803
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 198 Document Number: D09637
Notes:
Eugene A. Kroupa Collection, Thesis for Doctor of Philosophy degree, Cooperative Extension-Administration, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 152 pages.
Findings prompt researchers to recommend the use of information and communications technologies with conventional approaches in conservation agriculture knowledge networks.
16 pages., via online journal., The goal of this study was to evaluate a radio program as a source of agricultural information and examine the relationship between specific socioeconomic characteristics and listenership. The findings revealed that half of the farmers listen to the radio program, while older farmers are more likely to be listeners. Moreover, there are no significant differences between listeners and nonlisteners with respect to education level. More focus should be given to mountainous and less favored areas where more traditional information sources prevail. It is strongly recommended that the broadcast be sustained and improved based on farmers' suggestions and be regularly assessed.
Adeyemo, Remi (author), Anyanwu, Edwin (author), Osuntogun, Adeniyi (author), and Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Format:
Journal article
Language:
English with Spanish summary
Publication Date:
1986-04
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05178
Adolwa, Ivan S. (author), Okoth, Peter F. (author), Mulwa, Richard M. (author), Esilaba, Anthony O. (author), Mairura, Franklin S. (author), and Nambiro, Elizabeth (author)
Format:
Journal article abstract
Publication Date:
2012
Published:
Kenya
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 138 Document Number: D05669
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 50 Document Number: C00327
Notes:
AgComm Teaching, Edinburgh, Scotland: Economics and Management Department, The East of Scotland College of Agriculture. 114pp. (Economics and Management Series No. 15)
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36814
Notes:
Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 10, On page 3 of APA "Farm Conditions" bulletin., Cites a Kansas State Agricultural College professor who advocates using farm papers as supplementary texts in courses taught by high schools and agricultural colleges.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28829
Notes:
Agricultural Publishers Association Records, UI Archives., Bulletin 11., Proceedings of the Farm-Electrical Conference, Chicago, Illinois, March 12-13, 1926. Theme: "What about rural electrification?" Includes an article by Mrs. Harry M. Reifsteck, rural Urbana, Illinois. Her farm home is on the Illinois experimental line and she explains how she uses electrical appliances (range, refrigerator, washing machine, others). "It seems to me that God meant for all of us to live in the country and with modern conveniences it is certainly ideal."
Ghana: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: C19952
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, from "Proceedings seventh annual meeting of the assocation for international agricultural and extension education"Riverfront Holiday Inn, St. Louis, Missouri, March 28-30, 1991
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C11773
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Proceedings of the 13th annual conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education, Arlington, Virginia, April 3-5, 1997.
Agunga, Robert A. (author / Ohio State University) and Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Format:
conference papers
Publication Date:
1997-03-04
Published:
Zambia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: C20283
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, Section E; from "1997 conference papers : Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education", 13th Annual Conference, 3, 4, 5 April 1997, Arlington, Virginia
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C11768
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Proceedings of the 13th annual conference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education, Arlington, Virginia, April 3-5, 1997.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23734
Notes:
One World South Asia. 3 pages., "I believe that the cell phone, not the computer, will be the real bridge across the digital divide." Cites example of effective use by Kerala fishermen in marketing their catches.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 191 Document Number: D03025
Notes:
Three-part research report for a course, Agricultural Communications 300, University of Illinois, Urbana. 12 pages., Part 1 - Communication methods used by the Extension Service in Nigeria. 13 pages. Part 2 - Factors that effective effectiveness of communication. 17 pages. Part 3 - Ways to overcome problems and recommendations in use of communication in the Extension Service. 28 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C12693
Notes:
Pages 209-224 in Bruce R. Crouch and Shankariah Chamala (eds.), Extension education and rural development. Volume 1 - International experience in communication and innovation. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. 371 p.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 10 Document Number: B01357
Notes:
AgComm Teaching. Review of Extension Research 1946/47-1956, Extension Service Circular 506, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., Amherst, Massachusetts: Office of Information Extension Service, University of Massachusetts, 10pp (The Transmitter, Special Issue)
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 120 Document Number: C13832
Notes:
10 p., Presented by Prof. Harvey Jacobs, Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico. AEJ Convention (Association for Education in Journalism
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 192 Document Number: D03290
Notes:
Online via Ovid.com. Abstract of dissertation from Florida State University. 1 page., Found differences in information sources based on gender, farm size and farm enterprise (i.e., crops and livestock).
Allen, Philip Bryan (author / Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1994
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07924
Notes:
abstracted from M.S. thesis, 1993; search through volume, In: Jacquelyn Deeds and Demetria Ford, eds. Summary of Research in Extension (1992-1993). Mississippi State, MS: Department of Agricultural Education and Experimental Statistics, Mississippi State University, July 1994. p. 45
15 pages., via online journal., Genetically modified organisms have been at the centre of a major public controversy, involving different interests and actors. While much attention has been devoted to consumer views on genetically modified food, there have been few attempts to understand the perceptions of genetically modified technology among farmers. By investigating perceptions of genetically modified organisms among Brazilian farmers, we intend to contribute towards filling this gap and thereby add the views of this stakeholder group to the genetically modified debate. A comparative analysis of our data and data from other studies indicate there is a complex variety of views on genetically modified organisms among farmers. Despite this diversity, we found variations in such views occur within limited parameters, concerned principally with expectations or concrete experiences regarding the advantages of genetically modified crops, perceptions of risks associated with them, and ethical questions they raise. We then propose a classification of prevailing profiles to represent the spectrum of perceptions of genetically modified organisms among farmers.
Amalraj, V.A. (author), Prasad, M.S. (author), and Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, India; Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1984-06
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 98 Document Number: C08096
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: C26313
Notes:
6 pages., Part of a 59-page report of findings from a survey among executives at U.S. companies. This section focuses on responses from executives in the horticulture/farming sector.
