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Direct linkReisner, Ann – Rural Sociology, 2003
This study examines how six national newspapers balanced supporting agriculture (a morally good occupation) with supporting environmentalism (nature as a moral value), in an area in which agricultural and environmental interests conflict--farm use of pesticides. The study showed that, contrary to expectations, newspapers supported social change…
Descriptors: Social Change, Moral Values, Agriculture, Newspapers
