27 pages., Research in agricultural communications is not guided by a national research agenda. Therefore, the substantial body of research produced from scholars working in the discipline represents scattered efforts. We conducted a content analysis of journal articles published in the Journal of Applied Communications between 2000 and 2019 to identify the research themes that establish the discipline’s scholarly base. Through an examination of n = 259 journal articles, we identified N = 27 research themes, the most prevalent of which included agriculture and media relations/practices (f = 30; % = 11.58), public perceptions/understanding of agriculture and natural resources (f = 25; % = 9.65), and agricultural communications academic programs and curricula (f = 21; % = 8.11). Then, we used Q methodology to identify viewpoints of agricultural communications scholars (e.g., faculty, graduate students; n = 45) as they relate to perceptions about the importance of research. We identified four dominant viewpoints of scholars in agricultural communications: Message Framing Influencers, Extension-Focused Scholars and Practitioners, Discipline-Conscious Researchers, and Tech-Savvy Scholars. Together, these viewpoints explained 59.43% of the study variance. Although participants who represented each of these groups had unique perspectives, participants generally agreed that public perceptions/understanding of agriculture and natural resources and crisis communications in agricultural communications were important research themes. Likewise, they generally agreed that the role of agricultural communications professional organizations, agricultural communications efforts during historical events, and agritourism were not important research themes.
Contributed to ACDC by Warren Clark, October 2019., Features the first president of the American Association of Agriculture College Editors organization. Among other related achievements, he was chairman of the executive committee on extension organization and policy of the American Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations.
Rutherford, Tracy (author / Texas A & M) and Edgar, Leslie D. (author / University of Arkansas)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
2009-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 177 Document Number: C30396
Notes:
Paper presented in the Agricultural Communications Section, annual meeting of the Southern Association of Agricultural Scientists, Atlanta, Georgia, January 31-February 3, 2009.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D02376
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Pages 73-96 in Louise Phillips, Anabella Carvalho and Julie Doyle (eds.), Citizen voices: performing public participation in science and environmental communication. Intellect, Bristol, UK. 231 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C25905
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Report of a session, "Climate change and the spread of disease," at the 5th World Congress of Science Journalists in Melbourne, Australia, on April 16-20, 2007. 2 pages.
Research among experienced environmental journalists reveals a shift since 2000 in their view of "balance," as an element of objectivity. They now advocate a "weight of evidence" approach where stories reflect scientific consensus.
Van Winsen, Frankwin (author), de May, Yann (author), Lauwers, Ludwig (author), Van Passel, Steven (author), Vancauteren, Mark (author), and Wauters, Erwin (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2013-11
Published:
Belgium: Elsevier
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 160 Document Number: D07802
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23385
Notes:
Checkbiotech via Food Safety Network. 3 pages., Author highlights the comments of a speaker who urged fellow biotechnology scientists: "You have to take the time to communicate to the public. If you don't, the activists will."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 111 Document Number: C10731
Journal Title Details:
7 pages
Notes:
At An International Conference on Biotechnology, October 1999, Washington, D.C. See Agricultural Biotechnology and the Food edited by G.J. Persley and M. Lantin.
International: African Council for Communication Education, Nairobi, Kenya.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 117 Document Number: C12775
Notes:
Chapter 5 in S.T. Kwame Boafo and Nancy A. George (eds.), Communication research in Africa: issues and perspectives. African Council for Communication Education, Nairobi, Kenya. 1992. 161 p.
Russell, Clifford S. (author), Schiller, Andrew (author), Hunsaker, Carolyn T. (author), Kane, Michael A. (author), Wolfe, Amy K. (author), Dale, Virginia H. (author), Suter, Glenn W (author), Pion, Georgine (author), Jensen, Molly H. (author), and Konar, Victoria C. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 175 Document Number: C29927
DeWeese, June L. (author), Esslinger, Donald L. (author), McCorkle, Constance M. (author), and McCorkle: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia; Esslinger: Professor and Interim Director, Extension Information and Agricultural Editor, University of Missouri, Columbia; DeWeese: Social Science Librarian, University of Missouri, Columbia
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 74 Document Number: C03706
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Mimeographed, 1988. 28 p. Paper presented to the Global Information/Communication Session of the 1988 Farming Systems Research and Extension Symposium; 1988 October 9-12; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 117 Document Number: C13105
Journal Title Details:
90 pages
Notes:
RIRDC Research Report in human capital, communications and information systems, Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation (RIRDC), Barton, ACT, Australia
Online via UI Library electronic subscription, To close the gap between ecologists and policy makers, the author proposed a program of embedding ecologists into the political syst4em in much the same way the U.S. military embeds journalists into combat units. Emphasized the importance of developing personal relationships.
Castri, Francesco di (author), Damlamian, Jeanne (author), Hadley, Malcolm (author), and International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere; International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere; International Coordinating Council of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1983-09
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 78 Document Number: C04345
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: B01608
Notes:
AgComm Teaching; See also abridged version B00667, Mimeographed. 1971. 23 p. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North Central group of the American Association of Agricultural College Editors; 1971, May 17; Monticello, Illinois
Fuller, Sara (author), Bickerstaff, Karen (author), Khaw, Fu-Meng (author), and Curtis, Sarah (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2010
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D07367
Notes:
Pages 261-277 in Peter Bennett, Kenneth Calman, Sarah Curtis and Denis Fischbacher-Smith (eds.). Risk communication and public health. Second edition. Osvord University Press, Oxford, England. 339 pages.
Durand, M.R.E. (author), Ernst, A.J. (author), and Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1986-02
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 82 Document Number: C04863
Notes:
In: Animal Production in Australia : proceedings of the Australian Society of Animal Production; 1986 February; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Sydney : Pergamon Press, 1986. Vol. 16, p. 13
Rockwood, Walter G. (author / Bureau for Science and Technology, AID, Publications and Information Division) and Bureau for Science and Technology, AID, Publications and Information Division
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1985
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 61 Document Number: C01954
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. 135-140
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10093
Notes:
Pages 81-83 in Workshop on communications linkages between national programs and international agricultural organizations, Cali, Colombia, April 14-18, 1986., This presentation abstract is maintained in ACDC storage within Document No. D09983, Abstract of a conference presentation from the files of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 51 Document Number: C00478
Notes:
AgComm teaching see also ID 479-491, Proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the International Weed Science Society and Weed Science Society of America, February 10, 1983. St. Louis, Missouri. Corvallis, Oregon: International Plant Protection Center, Oregon State University. 214pp.
Feliciano, Gloria D. (author) and Mercado, Cesar M. (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
Philippines
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C14044
Notes:
Chapter 25 in Crispin C. Maslog, Philippine Communication: an introduction. Philippine Association of Communication Educators, Los Banos. 1988. 375 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10615
Notes:
461 pages., via uiuc library catalog., Whether you are managing wetlands, protecting endangered species, or restoring ecosystems, you need to be able to communicate effectively in order to solve conservation and resource management problems. Communication Skills for Conservation Professionals can help you do just that--it is a practical and inspiring book that provides user-friendly guidance on achieving conservation goals through effective communication.
This second edition of a widely praised book, originally published in 1999, includes new material on working with stakeholders, volunteers, and other groups to multiply conservation success. It also expands on the use of electronic media with examples of conservation Web pages, blogs, e-newsletters, and other new media. The book's citations have been updated to include a host of Web sites and other electronic sources useful for planning and implementing communication programs.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29761
Notes:
Pages 109-114 in Thomas R. Dunlap (Ed.), DDT, Silent Spring and the rise of environmentalism: classic texts. University of Washington Press, Seattle. 152 pages.
Esslinger, Donald L. (author), McCorkle, Constance M. (author), and Esslinger: Professor of Extension Education and Assistant Agricultural Editor, University of Missouri, Columbia; McCorkle: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1986
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 73 Document Number: C03499
Goss, G.W. (author / The Pennsylvania State University) and The Pennsylvania State University
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1982
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 54 Document Number: C01100
Notes:
AgComm Teaching; See ID C01090, In: Marks, J.J. and Cooper, B., eds. Proceedings of the EXCOP Communications workshop; 1982 September 16-17; St. Louis, MO. Columbia, MO : University of Missouri, 1982. p. 45-48
Durand, M.R.E. (author), Ernst, A.J. (author), and Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1986-02
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 82 Document Number: C04864
Notes:
In: Animal Production in Australia : proceedings of the Australian Society of Animal Production; 1986 February; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Sydney : Pergamon Press, 1986. Vol. 16, p. 13-14
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 from a case study involving an international computer-based conference on biotechnology.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: C10381
Journal Title Details:
Page from 111 through 118
Notes:
Cornell University, Call number: S542 T35 R38x 1996, Eighth chapter of the book "Agricultural Research and the Peasants-- The Tanzanian Agricultural Knowledge and Information System"
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 141 Document Number: D06191
Notes:
Locate in file folder for Document No. D06187, Pages 56-59 in L. Johnson, Alhassan WS Anthony V. and P. Rudelsheim (eds.), 2011. Agricultural biotechnology in Africa: stewardship case studies. Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, Accra,Ghana. 60 pages., Authors emphasize the importance of having integrated communication and awareness training programmes for all players in the product life cycle.
Authors follow the notion that ignorance is not simply the absence of knowledge, but rather has its own configurations. They use examples to illustrate how interest groups and news media "appropriate and emphasize those ignorance claims that advance and protect their own particular concerns." Examples include Alar pesticide and tobacco.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C29916
Notes:
Pages 131-148 in Richard Holliman, Jeff Thomas, Sam Smidt, Eileen Scanlon and Elizabeth Whitelegg (eds.), Practising science communication in the information age: theorizing professional practices. Oxford University Press, Oxford, England. 238 pages.
USA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 69 Document Number: D10773
Notes:
See this report in Document C02958. Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Page 48 in Biotechnology: the challenge - proceedings of the USDA Biotechnology Challenge Forum, Washington, D.C., February 5-6, 1987. 56 pages.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, Virginia.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2002-11-20
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 157 Document Number: C25551
Notes:
Retrieved December 28, 2006, 2 pages., Involves access to records about biotechnology research including safety protocols, compliance documents and corporate contracts.
