A Communication Approach to Campus Bottled Water Campaigns

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia O’Donnell ◽  
Ronald E. Rice
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Bottled Water ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Communication Approach ◽  
Campus Newspaper

This article applies a communication/persuasion model to examine what characteristics of students on a United States university campus are associated with drinking bottled water. Survey results show that those who drank more bottled water included non-Whites, those who trusted traditional organizations more and environmental organizations and scientists less, those who read the campus newspaper, and those who valued water safety, taste, and convenience more. Significant bivariate influences on more frequent bottled water drinking that did not persist in the hierarchical regression included conservatism, religiosity, Christian religion, nonindividualism, less interpersonal communication about environmental issues, less civic involvement, younger age, and fewer environmental behaviors. Groups working to reduce bottled water consumption on campuses should provide access to filtered water and emphasize the connection between bottled water and environmental issues, rather than health issues.

scholarly journals Communication between mothers and children about environmental issues (a study about the role of mothers to educate their children on keeping a clean environment)

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 08012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra Kirana
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Clean Environment ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Mothers And Children ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
Communication Approach

For the last two decade, many studies about environmental issues show that interpersonal communication plays an important role. Interpersonal communication is very useful and strategic to involve people to take part on this issue, particularly on how people deal with waste management (how to keep a clean environment). By using interpersonal communication approach at the micro level, this can lead us to identify and understand more about the whole elements of communication process (communicator, receiver, message, medium (channel), and effect) when we need to deal with the environmental issues. Based on what I observed about the communicator’s role in this paper, I argue that mothers have significant role to educate their children to keep a clean environment. This paper aims to explain the role of mothers on how they educate the children to keep a clean environment. This study use in-depth interview to 5 mothers who have children in Jakarta, Bogor, Depok. The data will be analyzed by thematic analysis. The findings indicate, to educate the children about keeping a clean environment, mothers needs to communicate interpersonally by using some examples, personal experiences, personal values, and certain media to discuss about this issue to their children.

scholarly journals KOMUNIKASI ANTARPRIBADI PETUGAS LEMBAGA PEMASYARAKATAN KELAS IIA BANDA ACEH DALAM MEMBINA NARAPIDANA NARKOBA

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maini Sartika ◽  
Mita Fitrati ◽  
Nur Anisah ◽  
Nadia Muharman
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Inhibiting Factors ◽  
Coaching Process ◽  
Social Penetration ◽  
Communication Approach ◽  
Coaching Activities ◽  
Adaptation Processes ◽  
Banda Aceh

This research was conducted to find out the interpersonal communication of Banda Aceh Class IIA Prison Officers in Fostering Drug Prisoners and what are the supporting factors and inhibiting factors. The method used is the Qualitative Method, which is researching in depth with data collection techniques such as observation, interviews and documentation. The theory used in this study uses the theory of Social Penetration which explains a process of relationship with others, where there are various adaptation processes between the two. The results of his research, the implementation of fostering prisoners with interpersonal communication approach in Class IIA Penitentiary Banda Aceh has been running as it should because the training carried out has followed existing procedures, although there are things that occur in prisons such as prisoners' indiscipline then that can be resolved with wise. Interpersonal communication in the coaching process that is carried out is also very appropriate, because a good coaching is also good communication. In conducting a coaching program, Banda Aceh Class IIA Prison certainly has supporting factors in the form of an adequate budget and the enthusiastic participation of fostered citizens in participating in coaching activities. There are also inhibiting factors, namely the lack of discipline from prisoners in carrying out training programs and the lack of prison staff.Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengetahui Komunikasi Antarpribadi Petugas Lapas Kelas IIA Banda Aceh Dalam Membina Narapidana Narkoba serta apa saja faktor pendukung dan faktor penghambatnya. Metode yang digunakan adalah Metode Kualitatif, yaitu meneliti secara mendalam dengan teknik pengumpulan data seperti observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Teori yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini menggunakan teori Penetrasi Sosial yang menjelaskan suatu proses hubungan dengan orang lain, dimana terjadi berbagai proses adaptasi di antara keduanya. Hasil penelitiannya, pelaksanaan pembinaan narapidana dengan pendekatan komunikasi antarpribadi di Lembaga Pemasyarakatan Kelas IIA Banda Aceh telah berjalan sebagaimana mestinya karena pembinaan yang dilakukan sudah mengikuti prosedur yang ada, meskipun ada hal-hal yang terjadi di dalam Lapas seperti ketidaksiplinan narapidana maka hal itu dapat diselesaikan dengan bijak. Komunikasi antarpribadi dalam proses pembinaan yang dijalankanpun sudah sangat tepat, karena suatu pembinaan yang baik adanya komunikasi yang baik pula. Dalam melakukan program pembinaan tentunya Lapas Kelas IIA Banda Aceh memiliki faktor pendukung berupa anggaran yang memadai dan partisipasi antusias warga binaan dalam mengikuti kegiatan pembinaan. Ada juga faktor penghambatnya yaitu kurangnya kedisiplinan dari narapidana dalam menjalankan program pembinaan dan kurangnya tenaga kerja petugas lapas.

scholarly journals Conservation of Plants and Trees in the Light of Prophetic Teachings

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-84
Author(s):  
Sumaira Nawaz ◽  
Dr. Shah Moeen ud Din Hashmi
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Human Behaviors ◽  
The World ◽  
Ecological Problems

Article endeavors to analyze the prophetic guiding principles regarding human behaviors related to plants and trees being an important component of our environment. The discussion mainly deals with the key environmental issues emphasizing plantation and its significance for balancing the equilibrium of the environment. Additionally, it thrashes out that humans are urged to seedling the plantation even the world is to be ended in Islam. The present study is delimited to the present ecological crises faced by society and a great challenge to the globe. The current ecological problems i.e global warming and climate change are interpreted just to analyze the environmental behaviors in Hadith literature. However, a profundity descriptive study has been conducted in the most influential way to examine the prophetic rules for human behaviors related to trees and plants being environment friendly. Furthermore, the existing practices of humans related to such an environmental sphere also been aptly figure out to highlight all possible ways in the light of prophetic guidance to deal with prevailing environmental issues. Inconsistency between religious teachings and human behaviors need the keen interest of religious scholars and social scientists to carefully harmonize both for maintaining the ecological balance in nature.

scholarly journals The Role of Curtailment Versus Efficiency on Spillovers Among Pro-Environmental Behaviors: Evidence from Two Towns in Granada, Spain

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 769
Author(s):  
Marta Suárez-Varela ◽  
Ariel Dinar
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Attitudes ◽  
Bottled Water ◽  
Behavioral Consistency ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Cross Domain ◽  
Household Water ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Different Levels

In this paper we explore the existence of behavioral consistency between individuals’ pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors in related domains (cross-domain), distinguishing between the following two types of behaviors that the literature has identified as entailing different levels of sacrifice on the part of the individual: curtailment, i.e., implying the adoption of daily habits, and efficiency behaviors, i.e., installation of efficient devices. Using a dataset on bottled water demand from two cities in southern Spain, we find evidence of behavioral consistency between the undertaking of certain pro-environmental habits related to household water consumption and the decision to consume (or not) bottled water. These effects are found only when curtailment behaviors are considered, but not in relation to efficiency behaviors. Moreover, our results suggest that policies fostering pro-environmental habits could prove more successful than the ones promoting pro-environmental attitudes or awareness. These results have important implications for the design of environmental campaigns and rebate programs.

scholarly journals Perceptions of drinking water safety and their associations with plain water intake among US Hispanic adults

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sohyun Park ◽  
Stephen Onufrak ◽  
Anisha Patel ◽  
Joseph R. Sharkey ◽  
Heidi M. Blanck
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Intake ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Bottled Water ◽  
Plain Water ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Drinking Water Safety ◽  
Hispanic Adults ◽  
Water Perceptions

Abstract We described sociodemographic differences in perceptions of drinking water safety and examined associations between perceptions and plain water intake. We used the 2015 Estilos survey of 1,000 US Hispanic adults conducted in both Spanish and English. Outcome was water intake. Exposures were the level of agreement about water perceptions (My tap water is safe to drink; Community tap water is safe to drink; Bottled water is safer; I would buy less bottled water if my tap water was safe). Covariates were sociodemographics, region, Hispanic heritage, and acculturation. We used chi-square tests and multinomial logistic regression to examine associations of water perceptions and intake. Overall, 24% of Hispanic adults consumed water ≤1 time/day. Although 34% disagreed their home tap water was safe to drink, and 41% disagreed their community tap water was safe to drink, 65% agreed bottled water is safer than tap water, and 69% agreed they would buy less bottled water if they knew their tap water was safe. Perceptions differed by some covariates but were not significantly associated with plain water intake. In conclusion, negative perceptions of tap water were common among US Hispanic adults, which can inform efforts to increase awareness about safe public water systems.

Water Quality, Household Perceptions and Averting Behavior: Evidence from Nicaragua

2015 ◽  
Vol 01 (04) ◽  
pp. 1550011 ◽  
Author(s):  
William F. Vásquez ◽  
Pallab Mozumder ◽  
Dina Franceschi
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Bottled Water ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Quality Perceptions ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Instrumental Variable Probit ◽  
Water Treatments

We investigate household perceptions of water quality and associated averting behaviors using household survey data from León, Nicaragua. Seemingly unrelated instrumental variable probit models are estimated to take the potential endogeneity of water quality perceptions and the relationship between different averting behaviors into account. Survey results indicate that a large majority of households use tap water for drinking purposes. Less than 26% of sampled households implement in-home water treatments and about 33% of households consume bottled water. Results indicate that observed averting behaviors (i.e., consumption of bottled water and in-home water treatments), or lack thereof, are primarily driven by the perceived quality of tap water. Findings also indicate that perceptions of water quality are associated with service performance and assessment of water quality relative to peers. Policy implications are discussed.

scholarly journals The relationship of perceptions of tap water safety with intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and plain water among US adults

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J Onufrak ◽  
Sohyun Park ◽  
Joseph R Sharkey ◽  
Bettylou Sherry
Keyword(s):  
Water Intake ◽  
Tap Water ◽  
Bottled Water ◽  
Plain Water ◽  
Water Safety ◽  
Sugar Sweetened Beverages ◽  
Sweetened Beverages ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Racial Ethnic ◽  
Water Perceptions

AbstractObjectiveResearch is limited on whether mistrust of tap water discourages plain water intake and leads to a greater intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). The objective of the present study was to examine demographic differences in perceptions of tap water safety and determine if these perceptions are associated with intake of SSB and plain water.DesignThe study examined perceptions of tap water safety and their cross-sectional association with intake of SSB and plain water. Racial/ethnic differences in the associations of tap water perceptions with SSB and plain water intake were also examined.SettingNationally weighted data from the 2010 HealthStyles Survey (n 4184).SubjectsUS adults aged ≥18 years.ResultsOverall, 13·0 % of participants disagreed that their local tap water was safe to drink and 26·4 % of participants agreed that bottled water was safer than tap water. Both mistrust of tap water safety and favouring bottled water differed by region, age, race/ethnicity, income and education. The associations of tap water mistrust with intake of SSB and plain water were modified by race/ethnicity (P < 0·05). Non-white racial/ethnic groups who disagreed that their local tap water was safe to drink were more likely to report low intake of plain water. The odds of consuming ≥1 SSB/d among Hispanics who mistrusted their local tap water was twice that of Hispanics who did not (OR = 2·0; 95 % CI 1·2, 3·3).ConclusionsPublic health efforts to promote healthy beverages should recognize the potential impact of tap water perceptions on water and SSB intake among minority populations.

A Qualitative Analysis of the WTO's Role on Trade and Environment Issues

2006 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Doha Round ◽  
Trade And Environment ◽  
Past Work ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Successes And Challenges ◽  
Insight Into

This article examines the role of the WTO in addressing trade and environment issues and considers how NGO and industry activities could complement this role. I interviewed over seventy experts and analyzed the responses using a grounded theory methodology, and present the findings within the context of existing literature on trade and environment issues. This approach allowed for an interdisciplinary and qualitative analysis of the underlying factors that have contributed to past successes and challenges in dealing with environmental issues within the WTO, as well as assessing current opportunities for progress and identifying misperceptions that could foster increased expectations of what the WTO is able to achieve. I conclude that the role the WTO plays in addressing trade and environment issues will be tested by the outcomes from the Doha round of negotiations, and by the willingness of WTO members to examine past work and identify a way forward. Survey results suggest that increased consideration of NGO perspectives and industry strategies would provide insight into ways of moving forward that are not hindered by political constraints.

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