An Empirical Study on the "Empty-Nest" Farmers' Communication Behavior of Benefiting-Farmers Information
[Purpose/Significance]From the perspective of public audience division,this paper explores the characteristics of communication behaviors of benefiting-farmers information of the guard-nest,amphibious and empty-nest farmers under the trend of population empty-nest and the differences in communication behavior among farmer groups.[Design/Methodology]Adopting the framework and questionnaire based on the 5-stage model of innovative information dissemination,this paper conducts statistical analysis and comparison of the communication behavior of each farmer group during the diffusion process of benefiting-farmers information using the Coefficient of Variance calculation of SPSS.[Findings/Conclusion]The results show that the communication behavior of the three farmer groups are with significant differences in the cognition,decision-making,and implementation stages during the dissemination of benefiting-farmers information.Based on the conclusion of the analysis,the corresponding countermeasures are proposed to improve the effectiveness of benefiting-farmers information dissemination in favor of agriculture.[Originality/Value]This paper extends the target audience of benefiting-farmers information communication services to"non-agricultural"farmers who are not engaged in agricultural production,and the three-group categorization of farmers proposed in this paper will offer new theoretical support for the differentiated and precise services provided by the government.
Benefiting-farmers information communicationBenefiting-farmers information servicesFarmer groupInformation utilization behaviorEmpty nest villageRural revitalization