Themes and Tones of Blog Posts about Animal Agriculture and Protein Production

Autor/inn/en	Miller, Jefferson D.; Hackworth, Kylie; Cox, Casandra; Rucker, Jill; Yarber, Karli
Titel	Themes and Tones of Blog Posts about Animal Agriculture and Protein Production
Quelle	In: Journal of Agricultural Education, 63 (2022) 3, S.16-31 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-0541
Schlagwörter	Electronic Publishing; Web Sites; Agricultural Production; Animal Husbandry; Public Relations; Industry; Content Analysis; Attitudes; Information Dissemination; Eating Habits; Food; Conservation (Environment) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elektronisches Publizieren; Web-Design; Agriculture; Production; Landwirtschaft; Produktion; Agrarproduktion; Landwirtschaftliche Produktion; Tierhaltung; Public relation work; Öffentlichkeitsarbeit; Industrie; Inhaltsanalyse; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Informationsverbreitung; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Lebensmittel; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt
Abstract	Research on blogs' role in public relations about animal agriculture production is limited at best. This case study set out to describe the characteristics of selected bloggers' writing about protein-related topics and issues, with a special focus on how the protein industry was represented, what themes were most common, and what the tonal characteristics of the blog posts were. Researchers used a content analysis approach to describe the content of 37 blog posts from eight purposively selected blogs that contained posts about protein-related topics. The content analysis showed at least three types of blogs about protein--organizational, which included meat industry organizations as well as activist groups that seek to effect changes in the protein industry; professional, which included blog entries by experts (such as dieticians) representing their own opinions; and personal, which included lifestyle bloggers who were not experts but who provided information to readers on a variety of topics. In terms of themes, four prominent overarching themes were identified by coders, including environment, consumption of protein, alternative protein sources, and alternative dieting. Tones associated with the environmental theme were mostly negative toward the protein industry. Tones associated with the consumption of protein were mostly positive toward the industry. Tones in the blog entries about alternative protein sources and alternative dieting were mixed--both positive and negative toward the protein industry. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association for Agricultural Education. P.O. Box 7607, Department of Agricultural and Extension Education, Raleigh, NC 27695. Web site: https://jae-online.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01