Course Work Offered in Agricultural Communication Programs
Course Work Offered in Agricultural Communication Programs
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农业传播项目提供的课程作业
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10.4148/1051-0834.1509
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1990
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A. Reisner
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A survey of 30 universities found that 16 institutions teach agricultural communications courses. Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License. This research is available in Journal of Applied Communications: http://newprairiepress.org/jac/vol74/iss1/4 Course Work Offered in Agricultural Communication Programs Ann Reisner A survey of 30 universities found that 16 institutions teach agricultural communications courses. Collectively, they offer micro-level courses (communications skills taught in the classroom), advanced micro-level courses (practical experience outside the classroom). macro-level courses (courses examining communication transfer among aggregate populations), and professional-orientation courses (preparing students for the job market). In the past six years, agricultural communications faculty have started 27 courses. nearly one-third of all courses taught. Macro-level courses are growing at the fastest rate. The academiC base of programs has grown over the last 15 years to include both microand macro-level course work. Relatively few studies have examined what courses are taught in agricultural communications (Evans &Bolick, 1982; Duncan. 1957; Nash, 1928). Hence. administrators and faculty have relatively few comparative guidelines for developing new agricultural communications programs or for contrasting their programs with others. This paper outlines what courses are offered in agricultural communications and examines the overall pattern of growth in the last six years. Related Literature Professionals have proposed two different ways to organize courses offered in agricultural communications. Evans (1972, 1975) has suggested that agricultural communications curricula should include both communications skills (micro-level) courses and agricultural communications systems (macro-level) courses. In separating the two kinds of course work. he argues that most agricultural departments (such as agricultural economics) Justify the validity of their diSCiplines as distinct academic units by concentrating on the unique system studied (agriculture) in the basic subject matter area (e.g., economics). In communications, then, agricultural information systems should be a major focus of study. In contrast to Evans' proposal, which suggests building an academic base around both macroand microAnn Reisner is an assistant professor of Agriculture in the Departmem of Agriculture at the University of Illinois at Urbana·Champaign. Journal of Applied Communications, Vol. 74, No. I, 1990/18 1 Reisner: Course Work Offered in Agricultural Communication Programs Published by New Prairie Press, 2017 2 Journal of Applied Communications, Vol. 74 [1990], Iss. 1, Art. 4 http://newprairiepress.org/jac/vol74/iss1/4 DOI: 10.4148/1051-0834.1509 3 Reisner: Course Work Offered in Agricultural Communication Programs Published by New Prairie Press, 2017 4 Journal of Applied Communications, Vol. 74 [1990], Iss. 1, Art. 4 http://newprairiepress.org/jac/vol74/iss1/4 DOI: 10.4148/1051-0834.1509 5 Reisner: Course Work Offered in Agricultural Communication Programs Published by New Prairie Press, 2017 6 Journal of Applied Communications, Vol. 74 [1990], Iss. 1, Art. 4 http://newprairiepress.org/jac/vol74/iss1/4 DOI: 10.4148/1051-0834.1509 7 Reisner: Course Work Offered in Agricultural Communication Programs Published by New Prairie Press, 2017 8 Journal of Applied Communications, Vol. 74 [1990], Iss. 1, Art. 4 http://newprairiepress.org/jac/vol74/iss1/4 DOI: 10.4148/1051-0834.1509