Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20154
Notes:
Pages 4-10 in Stuart U. Rich (ed.,) Public relations in an era of public involvement: challenge for the timber industry. University of Oregon Press, Eugene, Oregon. 104 pages.
Burton, Michael (author / School of Agriculture & Resource Economics, University of Western Austrailia) and Pearse, Dale (author / School of Agriculture & Resource Economics, University of Western Austrailia)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 128 Document Number: C19120
Busch, L. (author), Lacy, W.B. (author), and Lacy, L.R. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1991
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20166
Notes:
Pages 139-162 in B.R. Baumgardt and M.A. Martin (eds.), Agricultural biotechnology: issues and choices. Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station, West Lafayette, Indiana. 181 pages.
Carroll, Steve (author / Incurably Ill for Animal Research, Bridgeview, IL)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1991
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C06884
Notes:
In: Novak, Melinda A. and Petto, Andrew J., eds. Through the looking glass: issues of psychological well-being in captive nonhuman primates. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association ; 1991. p. 207-211.
Casey, Mark W. (author), Doyle, Willard H. (author), and Brand Group, Inc., Chicago, IL; Brand Group, Inc., Chicago, IL
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1986
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C07075
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Chicago, IL : Brand Group, Inc., 1986. Final report, prepared for National Marine Fisheries Service, Cooperative Agreement no. NA84AA-H-SK099. 18 p., A study designed to evaluate consumer fears of irradiation, to assess consumer acceptance of irradiated seafood and the impact on the seafood industry, and to develop strategies to help consumers overcome food irradiation concerns is described in this report.
Caswell, Julie A. (author / Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA) and Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1991
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 83 Document Number: C05028
Notes:
food safety, James F. Evans Collection; See C05022 for original, In: MacDonald, June Fessenden, ed. Agricultural biotechnology : food safety and nutritional quality for the consumer. Ithaca, NY : National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, 1991. p. 174-180
Center for Governmental Studies, Auburn University, Alabama.
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2002-04
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23859
Notes:
25 pages., Results of a survey to appraise the awareness, opinions and attitudes held by Alabama residents regarding agriculture, the environment and the quality of rural life in Alabama.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23595
Notes:
Via U.S. Newswire. 2 pages., Cites results of a national survey indicating the extent to which Americans are concerned about the threat of avian flu and its potential effect on the economy.
Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, D.C.
Format:
News release
Publication Date:
2003-07-11
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: C24427
Notes:
Retrieved July 7, 2006, 1 page., Survey commissioned b y the Center for Science in the Public Interest suggests that a majority of Americans think physicians are influenced by drug companies' gifts and that science is driven by the financial interests of business and industry.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21750
Notes:
Pages 117-129 in Robert E.Evenson and Vittorio Santaniello (eds.), Consumer acceptance of genetically modified foods. CABI Publishing, Oxon, United Kingdom. 235 pages.
Chess, Caron (author / Rutgers University), Sandman, Peter M. (author / Rutgers University), Hance, B.J. (author / Rutgers University), and Division of Science and Research, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1991-09
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: C10256
Notes:
Resource packet also includes 35-page short guide for government risk communication and 9-page report that discusses management options for promoting effective risk communication within an agency., 90 p.
Chipman, H. (author / South Dakota State College, Agricultural Extension Service), Kendall, P. (author / Colorado State University), Auld, G. (author / Colorado State University), Slater, M. (author / Colorado State University), and Keefe, T. (author / Colorado State University)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1995
Published:
USA: The American Council on Consumer Interests
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 105 Document Number: C09177
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21767
Notes:
Pages 291-301 in George Baourakes (ed.), Marketing trends for organic food in the 21st Century. World Scientific Publishing Co., Pte. Ltd., Singapore. 338 pages.
1 page., Results of an online survey among U.S. adults suggest that "on average, Americans say funding to protect against terrorist attacks on our food supply should be increased."
Evans, cited reference, Two perspectives on food irradiation are given. The first cites advances in legislative approval as proof that the process is safe and is here to stay. the second perspective suggests irradiation should be discounted due to consumer concerns and the lack of research proving the safety of both irradiated foods and the process itself
Survey and auction results reveal a lack of understanding of the label's meaning as well as a disconnect between the label's function (involving production methods) and consumers' motivations for buying organic (e.g., support for a local sustainable food system).
Cook G (author), Pieri E (author), Robbins P T (author), and Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom
Format:
Research report
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
UK: University of Reading
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: C21642
Notes:
13 pages, The research aims to analyse the language and discourse of the debate over GM crops and food during February-July 2003. This period is expected by all sides to be one of renewed controversy and interest in the UK, with a government initiated national debate, discussion of the GM crop field trial results, and reconsideration of the current moratorium on commercial cultivation. Although it is impossible to predict either the exact course or duration of the debate, it is certain to provide a wealth of material for research into the impact of stakeholders' communication strategies upon public trust and understanding. Recently, the GM debate has generated a great deal of research and publication. The proposed project, however, is distinctive for its attention to the language and discourse of the debate, and for its combination of linguistic and sociological methodology. The GM debate brings together scientific, ethical, political and social concerns. Each perspective has its own discourse, and this in itself can be a source of misunderstanding and disagreement. The research will focus less upon the content of the debate, as other research has done, and more upon the forms in which it is expressed, as well as ways in which it is framed by its actors. It will explore how styles of argument, metaphors and analogies, phrases and single words can change in meaning and effect when they cross discoursal boundaries. As such, it will make a unique contribution to understanding of the public debate, and be of value and relevance to all stakeholders, interested academics, and society in general. More generally it will provide insights into the communication of controversial new technology and the responses of both public, media, and policy makers. For this purpose, the project will collect, analyse and relate three datasets. The first will be an electronically stored corpus of newspaper articles and public statements by major stakeholders (such as NGOs, government, and biotechnology companies). This first datatset can be automatically analysed using current corpus linguistic software to reveal frequent word choices and combinations. The second dataset will be transcripts of interviews with representatives of major stakeholder organisations about the factors governing their choices of language and strategies of argumentation. This second dataset will be coded using software for qualitative analysis, to reveal recurrent themes and opinions. The third dataset will be transcriptions of six focus groups, meeting on two occasions each, in which participants react to the language choices and communicative styles of selected extracts from dataset one. Focus groups have been chosen for the depth which they allow in the exploration of views and opinions among targeted groups with a particular relation to the topic. In our research each group identity will relate to one area of the debate, as follows: parents of young children (diet and health); charity volunteers (ethical concerns); students in higher education (long term effects); birdwatchers (biodiversity); farmers (consequences for agriculture); temporary UK residents from poor countries (effect on crop nutrition and yield). The intention is not to provide a survey of opinion, of which many already exist, nor to duplicate the existing focus-group literature on public responses to GM, but to provide new evidence of the discoursal sources of conflict and mistrust. This third dataset will also be coded for themes and arguments. This research will elucidate the actual (rather than presumed) effect of styles of argument on public perceptions and trust, thus complimenting and deepening existing understanding.
Costa, L. (author), Sottomayor, M. (author), and Mendes, A. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2004
Published:
Portugal
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21768
Notes:
Pages 303-320 in George Baourakes (ed.), Marketing trends for organic food in the 21st Century. World Scientific Publishing Co., Pte. Ltd., Singapore. 338 pages.
Coughenour, C. Milton (author) and Swanson, Louis E. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C18461
Notes:
Pages 103-116 in Ronald C. Wimberley, Craig K. Harris, Joseph J. Molnar and Terry J. Tomazic (eds.), The social risks of agriculture: Americans speak out on food, farming and the environment. Praeger, Westport, Connecticut. 163 pages.
Cummins, David S. (author / University of Georgia, Peanut CRSP) and University of Georgia, Peanut CRSP
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 61 Document Number: C01948
Notes:
Hanne, In: Miller, M.E., ed. International agricultural programs and agricultural communications : proceedings from a February 13-15, 1985, national conference, St. Louis, Missouri. [s.l.] : Association of U.S. University Directors of International Programs, 1985. p. 87-89
Czaja, Ronald (author), Hoban, Thomas (author), Woodrum, Eric (author), and Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
USA: Rural Sociological Society
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 91 Document Number: C06663
biotechnology, James F. Evans Collection, The extent and sources of public opposition to the use of genetic engineering in agricultural production are examined through data from telephone interviews with 220 farmers and 332 nonfarmers living in eight North Carolina counties. A model suggesting that public opposition to genetic engineering is influenced by demographic characteristics mediated by three intervening variables (awareness of genetic engineering, faith in government and industry, and moral objection to genetic engineering) is analyzed. Moral objection is the strongest predictor of opposition. Opposition is also related to lower awareness and less faith in institutions. Women are more likely to oppose genetic engineering than men. Implications of findings are noted. (original)
Dale, Alison (author), Irwin, Alan (author), and Smith, Denis (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20468
Notes:
Pages 47-64 in Alan Irwin and Brian Wynne (eds.), Misunderstanding science? The public reconstruction of science and technology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. 232 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22030
Notes:
Associated Press Worldstream, via High Beam Research. 2 pages., Describes influences of the mad cow scare, low-carb diets and other forces on the consumption of potatoes.
