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Exploring The Applicability Of The Science Communication Research Agenda To Agricultural Communications Scholarship, Jean A. Parrella, Holli R. Leggette, Madalynn P. Kainer, Mckenna L. Bush
Exploring The Applicability Of The Science Communication Research Agenda To Agricultural Communications Scholarship, Jean A. Parrella, Holli R. Leggette, Madalynn P. Kainer, Mckenna L. Bush
Journal of Applied Communications
Agricultural communications scholars do not use a national research agenda to guide their research, which could be limiting the impact and rigor of the discipline. In this commentary, we argue that agricultural communications scholars should adopt the science communication research agenda published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in 2017 because the goals of science communication, outlined in the agenda, are relevant to agriculture. Members of the committee who developed the agenda study science communication in contexts of food, agriculture, life sciences, the environment, political science, health, nutrition, and psychology, among others. They developed the agenda with …