UK: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), United Kingdom.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26340
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Posted at http://www.defra.gov.uk/science/documents/publications/2004/Bioenergy%20Review%20Report.pdf, Report of the review held at the University of Warwick, Coventry, on June 17, 2003., Includes recommendations for effective dissemination of research findings, for attitude research among growers and the general public, and for local public involvement. Three selected pages photocopied.
Using two samples of U.S. adults (Study 1: N = 336; Study 2: N = 2329), this study features a messaging experiment utilizing a between-subjects design, with a no-message control group, to explore the impact of a narrative video, in comparison to an infographic video, on support for sustainable aquaculture. Results indicate that the infographic video type is more transporting than the narrative video, and that transportation influences support for aquaculture indirectly through emotional response, as well as risk and benefit perceptions; however, importantly, we also note that video content may have contributed to the observed differences. For an emerging issue like aquaculture with environmental and human health implications, strategic messaging, especially when accompanied by vivid images, may allow audiences to better engage with a complex and contentious topic.
International: Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, United Kingdom.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26338
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Posted at www.recep.org.uk/bioreport.htm, 96 pages., A section on public acceptability describes six causes of concern about use of biomass as a renewable energy source. These pages of the report are photocopied.
USA: The Center for Good Integrity. Gladstone, Missouri.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: D10561
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3 pages., Online from the Center for Food Integrity, Gladstone, Missouri., Features research results indicating that public conversation about the environment is growing and so is the scrutiny applied to consumption of natural resources. Information source urges producers to engage more actively.
