{"id":12206,"date":"2018-11-06T20:05:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T20:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/?p=12206"},"modified":"2018-11-06T20:05:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T20:05:28","slug":"acdc-news-issue-18-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/acdc-news-issue-18-11\/","title":{"rendered":"ACDC News – Issue 18-11"},"content":{"rendered":"

At a season of harvest and thanksgiving in this part of the world,<\/strong>
\nthose of us in the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center extend special thanks to you. We appreciate your interest and support in gathering, preserving, and making available what is known about communications related to agriculture. This has been a bountiful year for that mission of ACDC, and you have been important to it.<\/p>\n

We share another bit of the resource bounty with you in this \u201charvest\u201d issue.<\/p>\n

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\u201cReporting the untold stories of rural India\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

A 2017 article of that title by Shalini Singh in Nieman Reports <\/em>described how the People\u2019s Archive of Rural India (PARI) is revealing the lives and labors of the country\u2019s poorest, most marginalized populations.\u00a0 Palagummi Sainath, former rural affairs editor of The Hindi<\/em> newspaper, founded PARI in 2014 as a non-profit organization to document the everyday lives of everyday people in rural India.<\/p>\n

Singh explained that, with PARI, Sainath seeks to bridge the urban-rural divide. \u201cIn the archival sense, we\u2019ve been called \u2018a Smithsonian from below.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

You can read the article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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How well do scientists understand climate and GM food safety these days?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many Americans are skeptical of scientific understanding of causes of climate change and the health effects of eating genetically modified (GM) foods. A December 2017 survey report from the Pew Research Center indicated that only 28% of the national sample felt that scientists understand the causes of climate change very well; 40% fairly well; 32% not too well or not well at all.<\/p>\n

Only 19% felt that scientists understand the health effects of eating GM foods; 44% fairly well; 35% not too well or not well at all.<\/p>\n

You can read this survey report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>New Eugene A. Kroupa Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is a pleasure to report that ACDC is home to a new collection contributed recently by a former agricultural journalism faculty member at the University of Wisconsin.\u00a0 Dr. Eugene A. Kroupa later established one of the state\u2019s first full-service marketing research firms. His contributed materials take varied formats and range in date from 1967-1990.<\/p>\n

They involve topics such as farmers\u2019 information sources and their use and understanding of agricultural marketing information. Materials also feature new directions in agricultural communications curricula, professionalism of agricultural communicators, and use of focus groups in agricultural marketing communications. They include nine agricultural journalism master\u2019s degree theses.<\/p>\n

You can identify his contributions by visiting \u201cContributed Collections<\/a>\u201d on the ACDC website and scrolling down to \u201cThe Eugene A. Kroupa Collection\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Imagine \u2013 local news media run by volunteers (for decades)<\/strong><\/p>\n

An example came to our attention recently from Almena, Kansas, a rural town of about 400 residents. Residents lost their century-old newspaper in 1990. Townspeople decided to establish a new semi-monthly, Prairie Dog Press<\/em>, with news and columns authored by local residents (mostly seniors) and produced by an all-volunteer staff.\u00a0 Friendships, dedication, the community\u2019s appreciation, and an editor\u2019s leadership help account for more than 20 years of community service. Folks at Kansas State University provided advisory help.<\/p>\n

You can read this case study here<\/a>, as reported in the Newspaper Research Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Topics range widely in recent symposium papers<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can see a sampling of today\u2019s variety in these abstracts of 12 research papers. They were presented at a National Agricultural Communications Symposium in Florida earlier this year. Thanks to Prof. Quisto Settle, we are including contact information you can use if you want to invite full-text access.<\/p>\n

\u201cA quantitative assessment of possession rituals and engagement in Pinterest: an examination of the agriculture industry\u201d\u00a0 Contact: Cassie Wandersee at wande@ksu.edu<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cCase study integration in the undergraduate classroom: can we enhance willingness to communicate?\u201d\u00a0 Contact: Jessica L. Harsh at jessica.harsh@abac.edu<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cCreating relevancy in scientific information: an analysis of the impact of motivational salience and involvement on visual attention\u201d<\/p>\n

Contact: Laura Fischer at lmfischer@uky.edu<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cEye tracking: a biometric tool for measuring baseline visual literacy in agricultural communications students\u201d Contact: Tobin Redwine at tredwine@tamu.edu<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cFlorida consumers\u2019 latitudes of acceptance, rejection, and noncommitment of genetically modified food information\u201d Contact: Taylor Ruth at tkruth@illinois.edu<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cFraming agricultural use of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance in the United States\u201d Contact: Anna Warner at anna.j.warner@ufl.edu<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cLights, cameras, and agricultural documentaries: influence on opinion change\u201d<\/p>\n

Contact: Brooke Beam at beam.49@buckeyemail.osu.edu<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cMeasuring the influence of Twitter-based crisis communications strategies on brand reputation via experimental design\u201d Contact: Courtney Boman-Billey at courtneyboman@mail.missouri.edu<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cPiloting participatory arts-based methods for exploring Indonesians\u2019 experiences in a U.S. biotechnology training program\u201d Contact: Jamie Loizzo at jloizzo@ufl.edu<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cSurvey says: what data means when it comes to perceptions about agriculture\u201d<\/p>\n

Contact: Levy Randolph at lrandolph2008@ufl.edu<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cThe food factor: relating brand exposure to behavior intention\u201d<\/p>\n

Contact:\u00a0 Quisto Settle at qsettle@okstate.edu<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s the beef about Facebook? A content analysis of junior cattle breed association engagement on Facebook\u201d Contact: Courtney Gibson at courtney.d.gibson@ttu.edu<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

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Communicator events approaching<\/strong><\/p>\n

February 11, 2019
\nDeadline for full paper proposals for the 2019 Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE) annual meeting, June 22-27, in San Antonio, Texas.
\nInformation: https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1_RSVI-UTlaECBqJC9rTDvsBCJusihkA2bEWU5JCpx20\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n

March 4, 2019
\nDeadline for poster abstracts for the 2019 Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE) annual meeting, June 22-27, in San Antonio, Texas.
\nInformation:\u00a0 https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1NTHUZMz-D5ERFCJeZKDS28NMkRnORFKmdWlAzG3ATnY\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n

April 1-4, 2019
\n\u201cLinking, innovating, motivation, and engaging for resilient agricultural systems\u201d
\nConference of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Educators (AIAEE) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.
\nInformation: https:\/\/aiaee2019trinidad.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Looking for the mass human<\/strong><\/p>\n

We close this issue of ACDC News with a thought about the distinction between informing and communicating. Dr. Richard Nostbakken, communications director for the International Development Research Council, expressed it at a seminar in Kenya during 1990:<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are what we call mass media, but there are few mass audiences, and I think no one has ever met a mass man.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Best wishes and good searching <\/strong><\/p>\n

Please pass along your reactions, suggestions and ideas. Feel free to invite our help as you search for information. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @ACDCUIUC<\/a>. And please suggest (or send) agricultural communications documents we might add to this unique and valuable collection. We welcome them in hard copy (sent to Ag Comm Documentation Center, Room 510, 1101 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801) or in electronic format sent to docctr@library.illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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