9 pages., Via online journal., This article reports on an exploratory study designed to measure community leaders’
attitudes toward scenes from working rural landscapes as elicited by photographs
paired with a semantic differential scale. Using this approach it is determined that
age, occupation, knowledge about farm structure, and community size are important
factors shaping the diverse attitudes held by community leaders in rural southern
Illinois. Findings suggest that the position and magnitude of attitude differences
between relevant social groups be examined prior to launching new rural development initiatives.
About Walker Evans photography of sharecropping families in Alabama during the depression (1936) while he was working for the Farm Security Administration.
This newsletter article is maintained in the office of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign -- "International" file section - "OCIAC" file folder., Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign., Summary of findings reported in: Milton Munoz, "Understanding visual illiteracy: a study of comprehension of pictorial messages among farmers." Bulletin 43. Department of Agricultural Journalism, University of Wisconsin, Madison. February 1986.
15 pages., "Images with a negative valence trounced those with a positive tone in frequency and intensity, a finding that favors the more vocal opponents of genetic engineering."
Researcher uses aerial photography and interviews with farm families to study the structure of a dairy farm neighborhood in New York. Identifies two distinct farming systems: craft and industrial.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23384
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Via web site of the Water Music Project. 4 pages., Describes a public education effort centered on a book, Water Music, that features photographs of water accompanied by the "writings and musical contributions of 66 world-renowned musicians, who have creatively responded to the meaning and value of water in their lives."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D00578
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Pages 47-54 in Arnold Pichot and Josef Lorenz (eds.) ICT for the next five billion people: information and communication for sustainable development. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. 122 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D02268
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Pages 208-212 in Keya Acharya and Frederick Noronha (eds.), The green pen: environmental journalism in India and South Asia. Sage Publications India, New Delhi. 303 pages.
