Role of Social Media in increasing Environmental issue Awareness

Kaur, Amandeep; Chahal, Harpreet Singh

doi:10.18843/rwjasc/v9i1/03

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“…Having developed the arguments of Peel and Lloyd (2004) through Hannigan's six prerequisites, we noted that there has been growing interest in marine social sciences (Bennett 2019;Shah 2020), but the pathways of including this evidence within policy remain a challenge. We saw the rise and role of social media platforms in promoting environmental problems (Krau and Chahal 2018), and we saw the role of celebrity through the dramatization (Boykoff and Goodman 2009), noting the surprising 'Attenborough effect' which sustains and focuses attention on the problem. We see that, while previously, the dramatization was around overfishing and pollution, the sustained public awareness (Monbiot 2018) has moved onto the marine plastic agenda (Stafford and Jones 2019) and their size and location.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The growth of social media is one of the biggest changes since Peel and Lloyd's study. The advent of social media outlets Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/Snapchat has no doubt had an impact on raising the profile of environmental and social issues (Krau and Chahal 2018;Kratzig and Warren-Kretzscmer 2014). These platform tools are gaining importance in increasing environmental concern and environmentally responsible behaviour in public (Kratzig and Warren-Kretzscmer 2014).…”

Section: Dramatisation Of the Marine Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These platform tools are gaining importance in increasing environmental concern and environmentally responsible behaviour in public (Kratzig and Warren-Kretzscmer 2014). As Krau and Chahal (2018) note, social media can be used as an enabler to create new awareness of environmental issues. This is in stark contrast to 2004 where there was a tendency for the media to only present exotic images of the marine environment from overseas.…”

Section: Dramatisation Of the Marine Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The whence and whither of marine spatial planning: revisiting the social reconstruction of the marine environment in the UK

Ritchie¹,

McElduff²

2020

Maritime Studies

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With the concept of marine spatial planning (MSP) firmly established in the UK with its own legislation, policies and plans underway, this paper critically revisits MSP as part of the wider debate associated with the social reconstruction of the marine environment, as first discussed by Peel and Lloyd’s seminal paper in 2004. We propose that their identified ‘marine problem’ remains and indeed has exacerbated. We ascertain that there has been much change in the governance of the marine environment that has both positively and negatively altered the way that society has (re)constructed solutions to that marine problem. We revisit Hannigan’s (1995) social constructionist framework, showing the degree to which the prerequisites have been satisfied, by providing an overview of how the marine problem has intensified in the preceding 15 years and how the marine problem has now captured the wider public’s attention. We then look at the how the response to the marine problem has evolved by examining at the current marine planning arrangements across the UK. We conclude by stating that the whence of MSP is clear, culminating with the formal introduction of MSP in the UK which has positively altered the way in which the marine environment is socially reconstructed. The whither is much more unclear. With a continually rapidly moving agenda of change, there is much more to be done for us to say that the marine problem has been successfully socially reconstructed.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Dramatisation Of the Marine Problemmentioning

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Section: Dramatisation Of the Marine Problemmentioning

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The whence and whither of marine spatial planning: revisiting the social reconstruction of the marine environment in the UK

Ritchie¹,

McElduff²

2020

Maritime Studies

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“…Recent studies (Rahim & Jalaladeen, 2016;UNEP, 2019) reveal that the world community is now more concerned about the nature and extent of the present state of environmental degradation and its impact on future generations. To address this concern, several community-based pressure groups and organisations have developed community education programmes to advocate awareness on the need to live in a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, by highlighting pollution effects such as global warming and other hazards (Hidayat & Stoecker, 2018;Kaur & Chahal, 2018;Saepudin & Mulyono, 2019;Severo et al, 2019). Some of these entities advocate for environmental consumerism programmes which target community behaviour.…”

Section: The Role Of Cbos In Environmental Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Creating Community Based Environmental Awareness with Social Media: A Kenyan perspective

Waititu

2021

SAJEE

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One of the roles of community education is keeping citizens more informed on the need to conserve their environment. However, for this to be effective in the digital era, the use of modern communication tools is required to keep pace with current technological developments. One of these tools is social media, which is enormously popular and is used by both individuals and organisations for online communication. This paper analyses the role of social media in community-based organisations (CBOs) in creating environmental awareness through community education in Kenya. A non-probability sample comprising nine CBOs in Nakuru City was used to explore activities focused on environmental issues. Data were collected and analysed from a total of 98 respondents who participated in an online survey. It was concluded that the use of social media for environmental awareness in CBOs was minimal, but there is potential in its use as a social learning environment for creating environmental awareness. The study recommends capacity building and open online communication as a means of promoting the use of social media in creating environmental awareness through community education programmes. Keywords: environmental management, environmental awareness, community based organisation (CBO), community education, social media

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“…Not every country makes as much effort as it should for this matter. The global community is concerned about existing environmental pollution and degradation (Amandeep Kaur. Chahal, 2018).…”

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confidence: 99%

Teacher Canditates’ Environmental Awareness and Environmental Sensitivity

Turan

2019

IJHE

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Teachers have a huge effect on raising students' environmental awareness and helping them develop sensitivity to environmental issues. The aim of this study was to examine the environmental awareness and environmental sensitivity of teacher candidates. In the study, “ Environmental Awareness and Environmental Sensitivity ” scale developed by Timur and Yılmaz (2003) for teacher candidates (277) was used as data collection tool. Descriptive analysis method was used for data analysis by SPSS program. As a result of the study, it was determined that there was no significant difference between the branches and the genders of Environmental Awareness and Environmental Sensitivities of candidates teachers. A significant difference was found between the branches in the Environmental Sensitivity dimension of the scale. Teacher candidates’ Environmental Awareness and Environmental Sensitivity do not change according to their gender. It was found that Religious Culture and Ethics Teaching teacher candidates had a higher score in terms of environmental sensitivity.

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Role of Social Media in increasing Environmental issue Awareness

Cited by 20 publications

References 7 publications

The whence and whither of marine spatial planning: revisiting the social reconstruction of the marine environment in the UK

The whence and whither of marine spatial planning: revisiting the social reconstruction of the marine environment in the UK

Creating Community Based Environmental Awareness with Social Media: A Kenyan perspective

Teacher Canditates’ Environmental Awareness and Environmental Sensitivity

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