Environmental Issues
Research related to the environment and the human elements of communicating about these issues.
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Haley McMillan is an undergraduate student in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia. During the spring 2022 semester, Haley worked on a research project with Dr. Alexa Lamm and Kristin Gibson to determine if socioeconomic status predicted United States residents’ water conservation intention. Haley presented her research poster on…
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Allison Fortner, Lamm Lab doctoral student studying science communication, completed the first half of her in-country internship in France. Allison is a science communication intern with the Safe Seaweed Coalition, an international organization focused on environmental, occupational, and consumer safety in the quickly expanding global seaweed industry. Though Allison has been working with the Coalition…
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Dr. Lamm worked with a multi-disciplinary team of academics and scientists to assess the current and future state of soilless substrate research in North America through support from the USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative. Through this project, we developed a protocol to assess grower and supplier needs across crop types to shed light on the…
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Members of the Lamm Lab presented research papers and posters at the National Agricultural Communications Symposium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from February 13-15, 2022. Social Media and Science Communication Paper Presentations Two manuscripts from Allison Fortner‘s master’s thesis research, supported by the UGA Agricultural Experiment Station, were presented on Allison’s behalf. The first paper presented…
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The need for soilless substrates is expected to double as urban agriculture expands and quality soil deteriorates. Lamm and Gibson presented two research studies at the Southern Region Meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Sciences in New Orleans February 11 & 12. Their work identified the research and extension education needs of specialty crop…
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Allison Fortner, doctoral student, is headed to France to complete an internship with the Safe Seaweed Coalition. She has been assisting them with their science communication efforts the past 6 months virtually and will now spend time in Paris with the Secretariat and then Roscoff, at one of the biological research stations, to get first-hand…
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Climate change is often found to be a controversial topic; one where opposing positions argue. Through the rise of social media as the mainstream communication method used by the public to obtain information about critical issues, arguments on social media about climate change have overtaken the conversation. Given the changing climate has been identified as…
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Did U.S. audiences in different geographic areas access media sources differently during COVID-19 when under shelter in place orders? Our recent publication uses sense-making theory to explore the differences in news access based on four geographic regions.
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Does the way we talk about technology impact the sustainability of digital agricultural innovations?
UGA researchers examine how artificial intelligence in agriculture is currently discussed on Twitter.
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How do we best communicate with U.S. residents who have the most potential for improving their water conservation efforts? Using a cluster analysis and audience segmentation, Lamm Lab members determined specific messaging for those who need to conserve water the most.
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