{"id":9242,"date":"2016-05-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-dev.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/16_05\/"},"modified":"2016-05-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T00:00:00","slug":"16_05","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/funkaces\/16_05\/","title":{"rendered":"ACDC News &#8211; Issue 16-05"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper\">\n<div id=\"library_acdc_h1\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fixed\">\n<p>  <strong>  <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>  <strong>   Centennial issue of JAC published  <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>  Here are research and professional development articles published this month in Volume 100 Issue 1 of the  <em>   Journal of Applied Communications  <\/em>  .  <em>   JAC  <\/em>  is published by the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE): <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>   \u201cA review and evaluation of prominent theories of writing\u201d by Holli R. Leggette, Tracy Rutherford, Deborah Dunsford and Lori Costello.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>   \u201cAgricultural communications: a national portrait of undergraduate courses\u201d by Karen J. Cannon, Annie R. Specht and Emily B. Buck.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>   \u201cAgricultural communications: perspectives from the experts\u201d by Fawn Kurtzo, Maggie Jo Hansen, K. Jill Rucker and Leslie D. Edgar.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>   \u201cComing of age: how JAC is reflecting a national research agenda for communications in agriculture, natural resources, and life and human sciences\u201d by Lulu Rodriguez and James F. Evans.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>   \u201cLet\u2019s get theoretical: a quantitative content analysis of theories and models used in the Journal of Applied Communications,\u201d by Lauri M. Baker and Audrey E. H. King.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>   \u201cLiterature themes from five decades of agricultural communications publications\u201d by Bo\/David Williford, Leslie D. Edgar, K. Jill Rucker and Stuart Estes.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>   \u201cThe spirit lives on: communication seminars as a surprisingly hardy, valuable, and promising heritage of NPAC\u201d by Kerry J. Byrnes and Jim Evans.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  You can read these articles by open access at  <a href=\"http:\/\/journalofappliedcommunications.org\">   http:\/\/journalofappliedcommunications.org  <\/a> <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>  <strong>   What happens when consumers view a video showing livestock slaughter?  <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>  The video increased slaughter acceptance in an experiment reported recently in  <em>   Science Communication  <\/em>  . Researchers used a 20-minute video showing the entire slaughter and meat fabrication process of cattle and swine. They employed a pre-post design among college students not majoring in animal science.\u00a0 Findings revealed that: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>   Students became more positive toward livestock slaughter, even those with high affinity for protecting animals.  <\/li>\n<li>   Their expectation of transparency in the livestock industry was high before and after seeing the video.  <\/li>\n<li>   While they viewed the term \u201cslaughter\u201d as clearer (even more so after the video), they felt more comfortable with the term \u201charvest.\u201d  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  This article is not available by open access.\u00a0 You can request access to the full text from the contact author at  <a href=\"mailto:katie.abrams@colostate.edu\">   katie.abrams@colostate.edu  <\/a>  , view the publisher\u2019s abstract  <a href=\"http:\/\/scx.sagepub.com\/content\/37\/4\/485.abstract\" title=\"Communicating Sensitive Scientific Issues: The Interplay Between Values, Attitudes, and Euphemisms in Communicating Livestock Slaughter\">   here  <\/a>  or check with us at  <a href=\"mailto:docctr@library.illinois.edu\">   docctr@library.illinois.edu  <\/a>  for help. <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>  <strong>   Even small farmers need crisis communication  <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>  That is the title of an article we have added to the ACDC collection from  <em>   Communication Currents  <\/em>  , published by the National Communication Association. This case study is part of a 2015 article in the  <em>   Journal of Applied Communication Research  <\/em>  by Kendra Lancaster and Josh Boyd. In it a fourth generation family farmer faced a huge threat to his business when an activist group posted a video showing instances of abuse to his dairy cattle. The report traced his actions and identified three steps used to address the crisis. <\/p>\n<p>  You can read the case study  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natcom.org\/CommCurrentsArticle.aspx?id=6146\" title=\"Even Small Farmers Need Crisis Communication\">   here  <\/a>  . <\/p>\n<p>  The source article in the  <em>   Journal of Applied Communication Research  <\/em>  is not available by open access.\u00a0 However, you can read the abstract  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00909882.2015.1019541\" title=\"Redefinition, Differentiation, and the Farm Animal Welfare Debate\">   here  <\/a>  or check with us at  <a href=\"mailto:docctr@library.illinois.edu\">   docctr@library.illinois.edu  <\/a>  for help. <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>  <strong>   Fewer rural Americans use smartphones to access public transit information  <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>  Only 10 percent of adult rural smartphone owners in the U. S. use their phone frequently or occasionally to get public transit information. This compares with 34 percent of urban smartphone owners and 22 percent of those living in suburbs. These findings were reported in April 2015 by the Pew Research Center. <\/p>\n<p>  Among all smartphone users, 67% use their phone at least occasionally to get turn-by-turn navigation while driving. \u201cIndeed, 43% of smartphone owners say turn-by-turn navigation is the only transit-related function they use on their phone at least occasionally.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>  You can read the report  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2015\/04\/14\/smartphone-essential-travel-guide\/\" title=\"The Smartphone: An Essential Travel Guide\">   here  <\/a>  . <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>  <strong>   Career experiences of women editors in Appalachian communities  <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>  Interviews with women editors of West Virginia newspapers examined (a) how they described their paths to current positions and (b) how they viewed the role of the regional culture in shaping their careers. Among the findings in this  <em>   Community Journalism  <\/em>  article: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>   \u201cThe insider\/outsider effect was indeed described as significant, yet the role of sex played a distant second to that of membership in the Appalachian community.\u201d  <\/li>\n<li>   \u201cThe sense of community they described was found in functions of community boosts, complications, and reciprocity. It was tempered by their various insider and outsider statuses, drawing from barriers, integration and womanness.\u201d  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  You can read the article  <a href=\"http:\/\/journal.community-journalism.net\/articles\/appalachian-culture-and-female-newspaper-editors%E2%80%99-career-paths-west-virginia\" title=\"Appalachian Culture and Female Newspaper Editors\u2019 Career Paths in West Virginia\">   here  <\/a>  .  <a href=\"http:\/\/journal.community-journalism.net\/articles\/appalachian-culture-and-female-newspaper-editors%E2%80%99-career-paths-west-virginia\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>  <strong>   Communicator activities approaching  <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>  June 4-7, 2016  <br \/>  \u201cGet up and GROW in the big O.\u201d Annual Institute of the Cooperative Communicators Association in Omaha, Nebraska. Hosted by the North Central Region of CCA.  <br \/>  Information:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communicators.coop\">   http:\/\/www.communicators.coop  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>  June 6-9, 2016  <br \/>  \u201cA byte of paradise.\u201d\u00a0 Annual conference of the National Extension Technology Community (NETC) in Kissimmee, Florida USA.  <br \/>  Information:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netc2016.org\">   http:\/\/www.netc2016.org  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>  June 9-13, 2016  <br \/>  \u201cCommunicating with power.\u201d Annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA) in Fukuoka, Japan.  <br \/>  Information:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icahdq.org\">   http:\/\/www.icahdq.org  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>  June 13-16, 2016  <br \/>  Annual conference of the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE) in Memphis, Tennessee.  <br \/>  Information:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aceweb.org\/page-1854270\">   http:\/\/www.aceweb.org\/page-1854270  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>  June 16-18, 2016  <br \/>  \u201cMay the horse be with you.\u201d Annual seminar of American Horse Publications (AHP) in Orlando, Florida.  <br \/>  Information:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanhorsepubs.org\/attending-seminar\">   http:\/\/www.americanhorsepubs.org\/attending-seminar  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>  June 21-23, 2016  <br \/>  Annual meeting of the Agricultural Relations Council (ARC) in St. Paul, Minnesota.  <br \/>  Information:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agrelationscouncil.org\/events\/2016-arc-annual-meeting\">   http:\/\/www.agrelationscouncil.org\/events\/2016-arc-annual-meeting  <\/a> <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>  <strong>   Words to be banished in 2016  <\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>  Wordsmiths at Lake Superior State University in Michigan are alerting us to words that should be banished this year \u201cfrom the Queen&#8217;s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness.\u201d\u00a0 This year&#8217;s list is culled from nominations received by peeved word-watchers. We note that some words on the 2016 list appear frequently in agricultural communications (including some of our own).\u00a0 Among them: <\/p>\n<p>  <strong>   So  <\/strong>  \u2013 Answering a question by beginning with the word \u201cSo.\u201d  <br \/>  <strong>   Conversation  <\/strong>  \u2013 As in \u201cJoin the conversation,\u201d a popular invitation in online publications.  <br \/>  <strong>   Stakeholder  <\/strong>  \u2013 Now being broadened and watered down.  <br \/>  <strong>   Secret sauce  <\/strong>  &#8211; Overused metaphor for business success, based on the fast food industry. <\/p>\n<p>  You can learn more about these and\/or submit your own nominations  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lssu.edu\/banished\" title=\"Lake Superior State University's 41st Annual List of Banished Words\">   here  <\/a>  . <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>  <strong>   Best wishes and good searching  <\/strong>  Please pass along your reactions, suggestions and ideas. Feel free to invite our help as you search for information. Don&#8217;t 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 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  <a href=\"mailto:docctr@library.illinois.edu\">   docctr@library.illinois.edu  <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"hidden\" id=\"timestamp\"> 2016-05-10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centennial issue of JAC published Here are research and professional development articles published this month in Volume 100 Issue 1 of the Journal of Applied Communications . 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