{"id":13282,"date":"2019-11-18T22:45:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T22:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/?p=13282"},"modified":"2019-11-18T22:56:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T22:56:21","slug":"acdc-news-issue-19-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/acdc-news-issue-19-11\/","title":{"rendered":"ACDC News \u2013 Issue 19-11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Click Here<\/a>\u00a0for a printer-friendly PDF of this newsletter.<\/h3>\n
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A people-less frontline of climate change and rural ruination<\/strong><\/h3>\n

People-less photographs taken in 2006 of a falling home erosion in an Alaskan village gained wide circulation. We recently added to the ACDC collection a related visual analysis in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers<\/em>. Researcher Victoria S. Herrmann observed that \u201cIn many ways, the falling home photographic frame of Shishmaref, its use and reuse, is connected to a wider visual publishing story of a handful of images acquiring extraordinary poignancy in depicting the plight of the Arctic and its people in a time of rapid environmental change.
\nYou can read the article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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When consumers distrust homemade<\/strong>\u00a0and locally-made agri-food products<\/strong><\/h3>\n

That pattern appeared in recent analysis of such products in Western Honduras.\u00a0 Analyzing Honduras consumer behavior, researchers reported that, to a certain extent, results may indicate lack of consumer trust in local and hand-made food products. However, they found a positive relationship between labeling and a higher purchasing rate. Also, households with more members, higher income, and younger people showed inclination to make such purchases. Authors offered recommendations.
\nYou can read the Economia Agraria\u00a0 y Recursos Naturales<\/em> article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Update on rural-urban differences in smartphone\u00a0<\/strong>and home broadband ownership in the U.S. <\/strong><\/h3>\n

These comparisons appeared in a national telephone survey by the Pew Research Center among 1,502 U.S. adults during early 2019:<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Urban<\/u> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Suburban<\/u>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Rural<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

Have home broadband\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 75%\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a079%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 63%<\/em><\/p>\n

Have or own a smartphone\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a083%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a083%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 71%<\/em><\/p>\n

Have or own a smartphone only\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a017%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a013%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 20%<\/em><\/p>\n

You can read a summary report of the survey results here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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He tracks \u201cmost interesting reporting\u201d on food and the environment<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Center for Investigative Reporting posts a blog to help do that. In it, senior reporter Tom Knudson lists what he considers \u201cthe most interesting recent reporting about climate.\u201d\u00a0 He is the recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes and a 2004 award for global environmental reporting from Reuters and the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
\nYou can read the blog here<\/a><\/p>\n

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An early view of computer use for agriculture in Canada<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A 1965 article published in the Canadian periodical, Junior Farmer and 4-H Quarterly<\/em>, offered a glimpse of early uses of the \u201celectronic computer\u201d in agriculture. It pointed to three distinct applications, \u201ceach of equal importance:\u201d<\/p>\n