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 reported in: Milton Munoz, "Understanding visual illiteracy: a study of comprehension of pictorial messages among farmers." Bulletin 43. Department of Agricultural Journalism, University of Wisconsin, Madison. February 1986.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes7 Document Number: C12627
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Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Literacy in Development: a series of training monographs. Published in cooperation with the International Institute for Adult Literacy Methods, Tehran, Iran. 144 p.
15 pages., "Images with a negative valence trounced those with a positive tone in frequency and intensity, a finding that favors the more vocal opponents of genetic engineering."
10 pages., Article # 5TOT4, via online journal., This article describes visual-based minimal-text food safety tools developed in Mandarin Chinese to educate Chinese-speaking food service workers about safe food handling practices. Ten posters and one PowerPoint presentation were developed, and their efficacy in conveying critical food safety messages was tested with Chinese-speaking food service workers in Iowa. Extension educators can use these tools for formal and informal food safety education, thereby contributing to protecting public health.
