Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23423
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From the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 1 page., Report from an economic session of "Rural America, Community Issues," a conference programmed by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues for the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, University of Maryland, June 12-17, 2005.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23425
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From the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington. 2 pages., Report from an economic session of "Rural America, Community Issues," a conference programmed by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues for the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, University of Maryland, June 12-17, 2005. Spearker suggests that journalists should help public and private policymakers at all levels realize the challenges and choices they face in helping rural America adjust to seeking jobs in a globalizing economy.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23441
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Reports on other topics featuring interviews with rural Americans can be found at www.wkkf.org., This report is part of a project seeking to understand how various groups perceive rural America, its challenges and strengths. "Perceptions of rural America" looks at how certain news organizations report on the rural population. Researchers analyzed the events and issues making news, the sources quoted, and the opinions these sources expressed about the current and future state of rural America. Researchers conducted a content analysis of news coverage during the six-month period from Jan. 1, 2002, through June 30, 2002, in a sample of major newspapers, news magazines and television networks.
5 p., Ari Mwachofi, Ph.D., principal investigator of the research project titled "Developing a Rehabilitation Service Delivery Model for Minority Farmers With Disabilities," describes how personal contact, developing trust with farmers, and collaborating with community leaders enhances his study. The project's purpose is to build an effective model of service delivery to minority farmers who have traditionally been underserved. The study involves farmers from the Lower Mississippi Delta states of Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Studies of the demography of disability in rural America show that non-metropolitan areas have the highest percentage of people with disabilities, including people with severe disabilities. What are the barriers to dissemination of information to rural people with disabilities? This brief article outlines several barriers, including rural isolation, which can create communication barriers when the sources of information are people perceived as "outsiders."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23446
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126 p., Transcript of a hearing before the Subcommittee on Rural Enterprise, Agriculture and Technology of the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, 108th Congress.
Gelb, Ehud (author), Getz, Daphne (author), and Oberman, Gilad (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
2005-07-18
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23523
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In the e-book, E.Gelb and A. Offer (eds.), ICT in Agriculture: perspectives of technological innovation. Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 10 pages.
Garwood, Paul (author) and American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
2000-07
Published:
Egypt
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23528
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3 pages., Describes plans by the Egyptian government and development agencies to purchase a river cruiser to travel the Nile River and introduce the Internet to rural village communities via hundreds of telecenters. Identified as the River Nile Internet Cruiser.
Lennie, June (author / Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia) and Hearn, Greg (author / Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2003-07
Published:
Australia
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23545
Costs of transition to digital broadcasting will have a disproportionate impact on rural consumers and systems. Author offers ideas on how to deal with this.
