{"id":13731,"date":"2020-04-09T18:20:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T18:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/?p=13731"},"modified":"2020-04-13T16:06:21","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T16:06:21","slug":"acdc-news-issue-20-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/acdc-news-issue-20-04\/","title":{"rendered":"ACDC News \u2013 Issue 20-04"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Access to a <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2020\/04\/DocNews20-04-edited-links.docx\">printer friendly PDF<\/a> of this newsletter.<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Navigating the tricky world of MOOCs for teaching nutrition<\/h3>\n<p>A 2020 article in <em>Nutrients<\/em> journal shed light on complexities of teaching, learning, and communicating within the fast-growing arena of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). A team of researchers at Monash University (Australia) aimed to evaluate learner participation and perceptions in an evidence-based nutrition MOOC. Through it, they also provided recommendations for engaging international online lay audiences.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not surprising to imagine the challenges course leaders faced in working with learners in 158 countries \u2013 with varied educational backgrounds.\u00a0 It takes one\u2019s breath to imagine closing the course with 3,799 qualitative comments about what students learned and preferred in course content and teaching methods.<\/p>\n<p>The article title is \u201cPromoting evidence based nutrition education across the world in a competitive space.\u201d You can read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2072-6643\/12\/2\/344\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>On \u201csocial media hypes\u201d about agro-food issues<\/h3>\n<p>Findings of four case studies of social media activity about agro-food issues in the Dutch livestock sector revealed that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Events and controversies generated peak and selective activity on social media.<\/li>\n<li>The activity involved a few recurrent themes in the realm of activism, scandals. and conflicts &#8211; and was judgmental.<\/li>\n<li>Stakeholders \u201cneed to adopt a proactive and interactive approach that transcends the view of social media as a mere communication channel to respond to crisis situations.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can read this 2018 research article, \u201cSocial media hypes about agro-food issues: Activism, scandals and conflicts,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0306919216302809\">here<\/a>. It was published in the Food Policy journal.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u201cWarm up the energy brain. Focus the eagle eye.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>That is the subhead of an editing quiz we have added to the ACDC collection. It involves a 25-question quiz featured at the 2019 conference of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors (ISNWE). Agricultural communications students, teachers, and professionals may find it useful in learning or brushing up on the Associated Press Stylebook.\u00a0 The quiz involves multiple-option questions, followed by answers. You can read it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iswne.org\/events\/ap-quiz---going-in-style\/pdf_f23516ca-9b66-11e9-81e1-cf146e4cbe1d.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Detecting fake news about environment and healthcare<\/h3>\n<p>A new research report in the <em>International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health<\/em> described progress toward an automatic system for detecting dubious sources of information, fake news, baseless rumors, or gossip. Authors analyzed tweet chains and linked them in a systematic way to gain a general picture of false news and information. Cited examples involved assessing validity of tweets related to World Environment Day 2019 and news about a dead whale in a western Mediterranean port.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1660-4601\/17\/3\/1066\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Early report on the \u201cdeplorable state of affairs\u201d in assessing the effects of commodity promotion<\/h3>\n<p>We recently added to the ACDC collection a critique of analytic procedures used in the 1940s to evaluate effectiveness of farm product advertising and promotion.\u00a0 Economist Alois F. Wolf cited examples in evaluating promotion of citrus fruit, walnuts, fluid milk, apples, potatoes, and peaches.\u00a0 Among the problems identified: lack of knowledge of interrelations involved, misuse of statistical data, lack of objectivity, and lack of data interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>You can read this article in the<em> American<\/em> <em>Journal of Farm Economics<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/ajae\/article\/26\/2\/327\/138379\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Research for sustainable development needs to work faster<\/h3>\n<p>Bruce Currie-Alder of the Canada-based International Development Research Centre (IDRC) emphasized that need in a 2016 journal article we added recently to the ACDC collection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is it so difficult to realize sustainability in practice?\u201d he asked. \u201cThe answer lies in the fact that universities and research centers persist with 19<sup>th<\/sup> century methods of data gathering, scholarly analysis, and journal articles. Today\u2019s world needs science in real-time, whether to detect drought, confront Ebola, or assist refugees. Research needs to work faster and embrace 21<sup>st<\/sup> century practices including data science, open access, and infographics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can read the commentary, \u201cSilent revolution in research for sustainability,\u201d in the <em>Journal of Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/apc.aast.edu\/ojs\/index.php\/RESD\/article\/view\/02.1.002\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Reminder: Welcoming your feedback and ideas<\/h3>\n<p>We invite you to participate in our listening survey to help us serve your interests. Participating includes answering 10 questions that will take about 10 minutes. The ACDC Coordinator will review, synthesize and keep your responses confidential. If you have any questions about the research study, please contact Janis Shearer at <a href=\"mailto:jshearer@illinois.edu\">jshearer@illinois.edu<\/a>. If you have questions or concerns about your rights as a participant please contact the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Office for the Protection of Research Subjects at 217-333-2670 or via email at <a href=\"mailto:irb@illinois.edu\">irb@illinois.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your help. Please click <a href=\"https:\/\/surveys.illinois.edu\/sec\/940597\">here<\/a> for the survey.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Communicator events approaching<\/h3>\n<p>Uncertainties of the COVID-19 health issue are prompting flexible event planning, as you know. Here are plans of which we are aware, with website addresses you can use to track updates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>April 23-24, 2020 (Postponed to this Fall)<\/strong><br \/>\n100<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary reception celebration and spring regional workshop of AAEA &#8211; The Agricultural Communicators Network in Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/agcommnetwork.com\/events\/regionalworkshops\/\">https:\/\/agcommnetwork.com\/events\/regionalworkshops\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>May 21-25, 2020 (<em>virtual conference being planned<\/em>)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cOpen communication.\u201d 70<sup>th<\/sup> annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/icahdq.org\/page\/ICA2020\/\">https:\/\/icahdq.org\/page\/ICA2020\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>June 1-3, 2020 (<em>members to be notified by mid-April<\/em>)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cSpice up your creativity.\u201d 2020 CCA Institute of the Cooperative Communicators Association in Buffalo, New York.<\/p>\n<p>Information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communicators.coop\/cca-institute-2020\">www.communicators.coop\/cca-institute-2020<\/a><u>\/<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>June 22-25, 2020 (<em>virtual conference being planned<\/em>)<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cBe inspired Chicago!\u201d Annual conference of the Association for Communication Excellence (ACE), Hyatt Regency O\u2019Hare, Chicago, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aceweb.org\/\">https:\/\/www.aceweb.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>June 23-25, 2020 (<em>on-site conference being planned<\/em>)<\/strong><br \/>\nAnnual conference of the Agricultural Relations Council (ARC) in Roanoke, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/agrelationscouncil.org\/conference-registration\">https:\/\/agrelationscouncil.org\/conference-registration<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>June 24-28, 2020 \u00a0(<em>cancelled for 2020<\/em>)<\/strong><br \/>\nConference of the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors at the University of Nevada, Reno. Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iswne.org\">https:\/\/www.iswne.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>June 24-29, 2020 (<em>cancelled for 2020)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cFarming today for the society of the future.\u201d Annual Congress of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) in Bredsten, Denmark.\u00a0 Hosted by the Danish Food and Agricultural Journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Information:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/ifaj.org\/events\/annual-congress\">https:\/\/ifaj.org\/events\/annual-congress<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>July 25-29, 2020 (<em>on-site conference being planned)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cAg Media Summit 2020.\u201d\u00a0 AMS is an industry-wide gathering of agricultural media and communications professionals in Kansas City, Missouri. It joins together AAEA \u2013 The Agricultural Communicators Network, Livestock Publications Council, and Connectiv Agri-Media Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.cvent.com\/event\/3edf6233-1a53-4e57-bfe5-6d7765331a75\/summary\">https:\/\/web.cvent.com\/event\/3edf6233-1a53-4e57-bfe5-6d7765331a75\/summary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0August 11-13, 2020 (on-site conference rescheduled from April 15-17)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cCharting the course.\u201d Conference of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) in Kansas City, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nama.org\/agri-marketing-conference.html\">https:\/\/www.nama.org\/agri-marketing-conference.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe food in this restaurant is terrible\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We close this issue of <em>ACDC News<\/em> with a well-worn joke. The response, of course, is: \u201cYeah, but there\u2019s a lot of it.\u201d\u00a0 Might the joke parallel information available today when everyone has a view and a global voice regarding food, the environment, energy sources, and other issue-laden dimensions of agriculture?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s to the skilled, dedicated journalists and communicators as trusted informers and mediators of complex issues they address.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Best regards and wishes during this challenging time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ACDC is a resource for you, so please feel free to invite our help as you search for information. Don\u2019t forget to follow us on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACDCUIUC\">@ACDCUIUC<\/a>. And please suggest (or send) agricultural communications documents we might add to this unique and valuable international collection. We welcome them in hard copy (sent to Ag Comm Documentation Center, Room 510, 1101 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801) &#8211; or in electronic format sent to <u>acdc@library.illinois.edu<\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Access to a printer friendly PDF of this newsletter. Navigating the tricky world of MOOCs for teaching nutrition A 2020 article in Nutrients journal shed light on complexities of teaching, learning, and communicating within the fast-growing arena of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). 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