Communicating to the Ages: Influence of Age on Florida Residents’ Informational Processing Behaviors
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Keywords

Extension communications
Extension methods
Message Testing

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Ali, Amanda D., Laura A. Sanagorski Warner, Ashley N. McCleod, Shelli Rampold, and Alexa J. Lamm. 2018. “Communicating to the Ages: Influence of Age on Florida Residents’ Informational Processing Behaviors: AEC-660/WC323, 11/2018”. EDIS 2019 (1). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-wc323-2018.

Abstract

This 5-page document explores the results of a study in which Florida residents processed video messages about fertilizer best practices, with a focus on how their information-processing behaviors differed by age. Written by Amanda D. Ali, Laura A. Sanagorski Warner, Ashley N. McCleod, Shelli Rampold, and Alexa J. Lamm and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, December 2018.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/wc323

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-wc323-2018
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