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Agricultural Media Coverage of Farm Safety: Review of the Literature

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Pages 91-105 | Published online: 13 Jan 2016
 

ABSTRACT

Agricultural media merit increased attention in addressing dynamic changes in safety aspects of one of the nation’s most hazardous industries. Changes in farming, such as larger-scale, new “niche” enterprises and new technologies, bring new forms of risk to the safety of those who live and work on farms and ranches. At the same time, traditional agricultural media—commercial firms that publish farm periodicals and commercial radio/television stations and networks that provide farm programming—are changing dramatically. In the face of media convergence, these enterprises provide an increasing menu of agricultural information services delivered by print, radio, and television, plus a host of new electronic media. This review of literature addressed the role and importance of commercial agricultural media in the United States, the scope and pattern of their safety coverage, and the opportunities they represent. The review involved searches of 14 bibliographic databases, as well as reference lists of relevant studies and contacts with farm safety experts. Analysis of 122 documents suggested that limited focus has been directed to the role of commercial agricultural media in safety decisions on US farms. Findings revealed that they continue to serve an efficient, early-stage role in creating awareness and interest, providing information, forming attitudes, and stirring consideration of farm safety. Potentials are seen as expanding through the interactive features of social media and other new services offered by these media firms. Findings also identified research needs, 100 farm safety topics for reporting, and opportunities for strengthening safety coverage by commercial agricultural media.

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Funding

This research was conducted jointly by the Communications Program, National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC), Marshfield, Wisconsin, and the Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC), University of Illinois Library, Urbana-Champaign. Funding was provided by the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH), a Center of Excellence in Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education and Prevention with headquarters at the University of Minnesota.

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