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2. News needs of smaller communities require special attention, researcher says
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Wechsler, Steph (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Published:
- Canada: Ryerson Journalism Research Centre, Toronto, Canada.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 168 Document Number: D08694
- Journal Title:
- Ryerson Review of Journalism
- Notes:
- Spring 2017 issue retrieved online. 5 pages.
3. Unique conference design showcases small towns, highlights entrepreneurs, and strengthens capacity
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Northrop, Mr. Carey Andrew (author), Jamieson, Mrs. Katherine M. (author), Jones, Parker B. (author), Reilly, Mary A. (author), and Augst, Tyler (author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2022-06-16
- Published:
- United States: Clemson University Press
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12602
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Extension
- Journal Title Details:
- V. 60, Iss. 2
- Notes:
- 6pgs, Michigan State University Extension (MSUE)’s annual conference, Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities (CEC), has served as a catalyst for entrepreneurial ecosystems across Michigan since 2012. Designed by MSUE for small towns, CEC has gained national interest as evidenced by the adoption of this conference model by four other Extension services. This article outlines the unique conference design, details the partnership between Extension and host communities, and explores conference evaluation data validating the need to continue this programming. Lessons learned and successes to date are provided to ensure readers learn the value this unique conference format has in Extension entrepreneurship programming nationally.
4. Using the internet to survey small towns and communities: limitations and possibilities in the early 21st Century
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Smyth, Jolene D. (author), Dillman, Don A. (author), Christian, Leah Melani (author), and O'Neill, Allison C. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- USA: SAGE Journals
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10200
- Journal Title:
- American Behavioral Scientist
- Journal Title Details:
- 53(9) : 1423-1448
- Notes:
- pgs. 1423-1448, Via online journal, Researchers who are interested in small towns and rural communities in the United States often find that they need to conduct their own sample surveys because many large national surveys, such as the American Community Survey, do not collect enough representative responses to make precise estimates. In collecting their own survey data, researchers face a number of challenges, such as sampling and coverage limitations. This article summarizes those challenges and tests mail and Internet methodologies for collecting data in small towns and rural communities using the U.S. Postal Service’s Delivery Sequence File as a sample frame. Findings indicate that the Delivery Sequence File can be used to sample households in rural locations by sending them invitations via postal mail to respond to either paper-and-pencil or Internet surveys. Although the mail methodology is quite successful, the results for the Internet suggest that Web surveys alone exclude potentially important segments of the population of small towns and rural communities. However, Web surveys supplemented with postal questionnaires produce results quite similar to those of mail-only surveys, representing a possible cost savings for researchers who have access to Web survey capabilities.