Gunawardene, Nalaka (author) and Science and Development Network
Format:
Editorial
Publication Date:
2005-09-12
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23326
Notes:
3 pages., Argues that better communication is needed to convey the urgency of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals - and the role of science in achieving them - to the public.
"The English language is the largest in the world. We have more words at our disposal than anybody and yet every day at the sale barn there are occasions when the English language seems woefully inadequate." Author suggests 26 words that oughta be.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 143 Document Number: C22254
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Available in CD and paper formats., Presentation at conference of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE), San Antonio, Texas, May 31, 2005. 13 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24348
Notes:
162 pages., Focuses on the language being used by politicians, scientists, journalists and companies regarding genetic modification of plants. Examines "how language shapes, and can be used to manipulate, our opinions."
3 pages., Journalism faculty member offers six suggestions dietetics professionals can use in "fielding phone calls from the media and answering requests to help the public intelligently sort out the confusing and alarming information" about food-related diseases and other health risks.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 69 Document Number: D10730
Notes:
#980, 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/, Item 15 located in ACDC Document D10726, Directory of written summaries of 80 items deposited in the Claude W. Gifford Papers, University of Illinois Archives. 5 pages., Author's guidelines for preparing and presenting speeches, plus selected experiences and perspectives about public speaking.
