Environmental Concern, Patterns of Television Viewing, and Pro-Environmental Behaviors: Integrating Models of Media Consumption and Effects

2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Lance Holbert ◽  
Nojin Kwak ◽  
Dhavan V. Shah
Keyword(s):  
Television Viewing ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Media Consumption ◽  
Environmental Behaviors

scholarly journals The Geographical Distribution and Correlates of Pro-Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors in an Urban Region

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Áróra Árnadóttir ◽  
Michał Czepkiewicz ◽  
Jukka Heinonen
Keyword(s):  
Urban Form ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
International Travel ◽  
Urban Region ◽  
Environmental Attitude ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Household Energy ◽  
Carbon Footprints ◽  
Current Perspective

A lot of emphasis has been put on the densification of urban form to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. However, many recent studies have found that central urban dwellers, even though their carbon footprints of daily transportation may be lower, might be responsible for higher total emissions than those that reside in suburban areas. Similarly, as with the urban form, higher environmental concern is often considered as an indicator of lower emissions, but several studies have found that pro-environmental attitude (PEA) does not always correlate with less energy intensive behavior. This study analyzes how urban zones, PEA, and several sociodemographic variables are associated with annual travel emissions and pro-environmental behaviors (PEB), using a dataset collected with a map-based online survey (softGIS) survey, contributed by 841 participants from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (HMA), Finland. Although PEA can affect PEBs related to household energy consumption (β = 0.282, p < 0.001), clothing (β = 0.447, p < 0.001) and produce purchases (β = 0.449, p < 0.0001), their relationship with emissions from local (β = −0.067), national (β = −0.019) and international (β = −0.016) travel was not significant. Clusters of low emissions from local travel and high international travel emissions were found in pedestrian-oriented urban zones and residents of car-oriented zones were more likely to conserve household energy (β = 0.102, p < 0.05). These results might help broaden the current perspective of city planners, as well as identify opportunities for more effective mitigation policies.

scholarly journals The Influence of Adopting Widescreen Televisions on Egyptian Audience's Viewing Practice

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mustafa Mahmoud Yousry
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Television Viewing ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Media Consumption ◽  
Living Room ◽  
Large Share ◽  
Data Collection Technique

WIDESCREEN TELEVISION IN THE EGYPTIAN LIVING ROOM: THE INFLUENCE OF ADOPTING WIDESCREEN TELEVISION SETS ON EGYPTIAN AUDIENCE'S VIEWING PRACTICE AbstractWidescreen television sets represent today a large share of the home television viewing market in Egypt with more viewers adopting them everyday and discarding their old traditional televisions. This study, therefore, investigates the rising adoption of widescreen televisions in Egypt and its influence on audience's viewing practice, attitude and enjoyment of viewing. The study covers such areas of knowledge as characteristics of widescreen televisions, media consumption, attention and social contexts within the frame of widescreen television viewing. To complement the data gathered through the literature review, the empirical phase of the study employed an interview data collection technique. Interviews with 16 Egyptian viewers who watch widescreen televisions at their homes were held. The findings of both the literature review and the interviews suggested that widescreen televisions could make...

scholarly journals Others’ environmental concern as a social determinant of green buying

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (6/7) ◽  
pp. 417-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Bertrandias ◽  
Leila Elgaaied-Gambier
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Product Category ◽  
Social Determinant ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Social Risk ◽  
Purchasing Behavior ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – This paper aims to achieve a better understanding of the social dimension underlying green purchasing behavior by assessing the impact of environmental concern ascribed to relevant others. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was conducted among 468 French interviewees. Using a scenario, respondents were asked to choose between two similar products: one is very fashionable but harmful to the environment and the other has comparable features with a lower negative impact on the environment. In parallel, respondents had to cite four relevant others and to make several attributions about them. Environmental concern was one of these attributions. Findings – Ascribed environmental concern increases the probability to choose the product with a low environmental impact over the more harmful alternative. This process is mediated by perceived social risk and self-incongruity associated with the environmentally unfriendly product. Research limitations/implications – Conclusions are drawn on the basis of a specific choice for a particular product category. Practical implications – Environmentally responsible consumers should be encouraged to express their convictions publicly within their social network. Social implications – Consumers are more inclined to adopt an environmental reading of what they plan to buy when they ascribe environmental preoccupations to their referent others either to preserve their social ties or to preserve their self-congruity. This proximity effect should be exploited to promote pro-environmental behaviors. Originality/value – Most studies on the determinants of green behavior either focus exclusively on individual predispositions or tackle social influence too explicitly. By assessing the effect of ascribed environmental concern instead on individual environmental concern, this research offers an original approach.

Sprinting a media marathon: Uses and gratifications of binge-watching television through Netflix

First Monday ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Pittman ◽  
Kim Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Future Development ◽  
Television Viewing ◽  
Uses And Gratifications ◽  
Program Quality ◽  
First Century ◽  
Media Consumption ◽  
Entire Series ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Aspect Social ◽  
Radical Shift

“Binge-watching” represents a radical shift for twenty-first century media consumption. Why do people select this method of television viewing? A survey administered to 262 television binge-watchers identified factors that influence binge watching, several of which are somewhat different than factors impacting other types of television viewing. Factors salient for regular bingers are relaxation, engagement, and hedonism. For those who plan ahead to binge, program quality (aesthetics) and the communal aspect (social) also come into play. Those who binge on an entire series in one or two days value engagement, relaxation, hedonism, and aesthetics. We also discuss the theoretical implications and future development of uses and gratifications.

scholarly journals Learning from COVID-19: Infectious Disease Vulnerability Promotes Pro-Environmental Behaviors

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8687
Author(s):  
Da Jiang ◽  
Mingxuan Li ◽  
Hanyang Wu ◽  
Shuang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

Environmental problems, such as climate change, pollution, and environmental degradation, are important contributors to the spread of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19 and SARS. For instance, a greater concentration of ambient NO2 was associated with faster transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. However, it remains unclear whether outbreaks of infectious diseases arouse individuals’ concern on the need to protect the environment and therefore promote more pro-environmental behaviors. To this end, we examined the relationship between infectious disease vulnerability and pro-environmental behaviors using data from a cross-societal survey (N = 53 societies) and an experiment (N = 214 individuals). At both the societal and the individual levels, infectious disease vulnerability increased pro-environmental behaviors. At the societal level, this relationship was mediated by citizens’ level of environmental concern. At the individual level, the relationship was mediated by empathy. The findings show that infectious disease vulnerability is conducive to pro-environmental behaviors.

scholarly journals Improving Assessments of Connection to Nature: A Participatory Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabby Salazar ◽  
Martha C. Monroe ◽  
Catherine Jordan ◽  
Nicole M. Ardoin ◽  
Thomas H. Beery
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Connection To Nature ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Perceived Relationships ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Reducing Stress

Experiences in nature benefit humans in a variety of ways, including increasing health and well-being, reducing stress, inspiring creativity, enhancing learning, and fostering environmental stewardship values. These experiences help define the relationship people have with nature which is often correlated with a person’s level of environmental concern as well as their engagement in pro-environmental behaviors. A more informed understanding of the ways in which interactions with the natural environment can foster connection to nature requires that we are able to measure our perceived relationship to the environment. Dozens of tools measure people’s connection to nature—the strength of those perceived relationships with the natural world. Although the tools have been primarily developed to answer research questions, practitioners are increasingly interested in understanding whether and in what ways their work—in areas including environmental education, urban planning, and park management, for example—influences people’s connection to nature. In 2018, we launched a participatory process involving researchers and practitioners in a review of existing connection to nature assessment tools with the intention of identifying tools that would be useful to practitioners, as well as defining needs in research. This paper chronicles the process’s outcomes, including a discussion of opportunities for future research.

Gender Differences in Environmental Behaviors Among the Chinese Public: Model of Mediation and Moderation

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 975-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenyang Xiao ◽  
Dayong Hong
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Chinese Women ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Moderation Effect

The environmental concern literature consistently finds that women when compared with men participate more in private environmental behaviors such as recycling and green consumer activities. A common argument posits that this is because women possess stronger proenvironmental values, beliefs, and attitudes relative to men. Research findings in China, however, do not seem to support this argument. We use data from the 2010 Chinese General Social Survey to reexamine this argument by testing a model of the mediation effects of postmaterialism, environmental knowledge, and the New Ecological Paradigm, as well as a model of the moderation effect of postmaterialism. Our results show that lower levels of environmental knowledge of Chinese women relative to men hinder their participation in private environmental behaviors. There is also some evidence for the moderation effect of postmaterialism. We conclude this study by stating theoretical and policy implications of our findings, and offering insights for future research.

The Relationship between Pro-Environmental Behavior and its Antecedents under the Background of Low-Carbon Society

2014 ◽  
Vol 962-965 ◽  
pp. 1567-1571
Author(s):  
Xian Wei Liu ◽  
Xing Ma ◽  
Yong Hong Ma
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Inner Mongolia ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
Moderator Effect ◽  
Minority Nationality ◽  
The Relationship

Methods of questionnaires were employed to investigate 1034 university students in Beijing and Inner Mongolia. The relationship among environmental concern, low-carbon pro-environmental behaviors and Environmental locus of control and the moderator effect of Environmental locus of control were examined. The results indicated that, the level of female students environmental concern was significantly higher than that of male students. Mongolian students showed higher level of environmental concern and environmental locus of control than Han and other minority nationality students. A hierarchy regression analysis found environmental locus of control was a moderator between environmental concern and two types of pro-environmental behaviors.

scholarly journals Exploring the Differential Effect of Life Satisfaction on Low and High-Cost Pro-Environmental Behaviors

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Salvador del Saz Salazar ◽  
Luis Pérez y Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Environmental Behaviors ◽  
University Degree

The role of life satisfaction as a determinant of pro-environmental behavior remains largely unexplored in the extant literature. Using a sample of undergraduate students, we explore the effect of life satisfaction on low- and high-cost pro-environmental behaviors. While low-cost pro-environmental behavior has been defined as recycling activities, high-cost pro-environmental behavior is defined in a contingent valuation framework in which respondents are asked about their willingness to pay extra for offsetting CO2 emissions, thus avoiding treating the proposed payment as symbolic. Controlling for demographic characteristics and environmental concern, results suggest that life satisfaction has a slightly stronger, and more significant, effect on high-cost pro-environmental behavior than in low-cost pro-environmental behavior. This study also finds that environmental concern and having siblings with a university degree increases the probability of engaging in both behaviors. However, family income is a better predictor of high-cost pro-environmental behavior than of low-cost pro-environmental behavior.

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