Environmental Issues
Research related to the environment and the human elements of communicating about these issues.
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Katie Sanders, Dr. Fallys Masambuka-Kanchewa and Alexa Lamm shared information about the intersection of cultural identity and social media and its impact on agricultural and environmental communication with the Association for Communication Excellence on October 21st via Zoom. Participants shared how they use social media sites and the diverse ways we see/display our identities based…
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Kristin Gibson published her thesis data about engaging the public in water policy and whether political affiliation and ideology influence voting preparation.
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Kristin Gibson research if political affiliation and ideology impacted engagement in water conservation behaviors.
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Allison Fortner and Alexa Lamm received the 2021 ACE Distinguished Poster award for research about source credibility of UGA scientists on Twitter.
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We can impact policy by intentionally evaluating educational programs and communication efforts for use. Catherine (Dobbins) Sanders, Kristin Gibson, and Alexa Lamm recently explored these concepts to add to the discussion around environmental communication. Evaluation findings should be used to develop data-driven environmental policy instead of checking a box as a funding requirement and moving…