If others care, I will fight climate change: an examination of media effects in addressing the public goods dilemma of climate change mitigation
In line with social psychology research on pro-environmental behavior (PEB) and ecological economics research on the provision of public goods, this study applied an interdisciplinary approach to understand media effects in addressing the public goods dilemma of climate change mitigation. By integra...
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| author | Yang, Xiaodong Wei, Ran Ho, Shirley S. |
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| description | In line with social psychology research on pro-environmental behavior (PEB) and ecological economics research on the provision of public goods, this study applied an interdisciplinary approach to understand media effects in addressing the public goods dilemma of climate change mitigation. By integrating the influence of presumed media influence (IPMI) model and the theory of planned behavior (TPB), this study examined how perceived effects of environmental messages on others affect an individual’s own reasoning for personal action in public goods provision. Findings from data collected from a national survey in Singapore demonstrated that respondents estimated others’ attention to media messages about climate change based on their attention. The perception of others’ media attention led them to project media influence on others. Furthermore, the more people believed that others were influenced by the message, the more likely they were to engage in PEB. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1740872024-03-17T15:33:25Z If others care, I will fight climate change: an examination of media effects in addressing the public goods dilemma of climate change mitigation Yang, Xiaodong Wei, Ran Ho, Shirley S. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Arts and Humanities Social Sciences Public goods dilemma Influence of presumed media influence Climate change mitigation In line with social psychology research on pro-environmental behavior (PEB) and ecological economics research on the provision of public goods, this study applied an interdisciplinary approach to understand media effects in addressing the public goods dilemma of climate change mitigation. By integrating the influence of presumed media influence (IPMI) model and the theory of planned behavior (TPB), this study examined how perceived effects of environmental messages on others affect an individual’s own reasoning for personal action in public goods provision. Findings from data collected from a national survey in Singapore demonstrated that respondents estimated others’ attention to media messages about climate change based on their attention. The perception of others’ media attention led them to project media influence on others. Furthermore, the more people believed that others were influenced by the message, the more likely they were to engage in PEB. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed. Published version This research was funded by Youth Project of National Social Science Fund of China: An environmental communication study of the role of media in promoting public engagement with haze mitigation (Grant No. 19CXW018). 2024-03-15T01:34:12Z 2024-03-15T01:34:12Z 2021 Journal Article Yang, X., Wei, R. & Ho, S. S. (2021). If others care, I will fight climate change: an examination of media effects in addressing the public goods dilemma of climate change mitigation. International Journal of Communication, 15, 3315-3335. 1932-8036 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174087 https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/14876 15 3315 3335 en International Journal of Communication © 2021 Xiaodong Yang, Ran Wei, and Shirley S. Ho. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd). Available at http://ijoc.org. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Arts and Humanities Social Sciences Public goods dilemma Influence of presumed media influence Climate change mitigation Yang, Xiaodong Wei, Ran Ho, Shirley S. If others care, I will fight climate change: an examination of media effects in addressing the public goods dilemma of climate change mitigation |
| title | If others care, I will fight climate change: an examination of media effects in addressing the public goods dilemma of climate change mitigation |
| title_full | If others care, I will fight climate change: an examination of media effects in addressing the public goods dilemma of climate change mitigation |
| title_fullStr | If others care, I will fight climate change: an examination of media effects in addressing the public goods dilemma of climate change mitigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | If others care, I will fight climate change: an examination of media effects in addressing the public goods dilemma of climate change mitigation |
| title_short | If others care, I will fight climate change: an examination of media effects in addressing the public goods dilemma of climate change mitigation |
| title_sort | if others care i will fight climate change an examination of media effects in addressing the public goods dilemma of climate change mitigation |
| topic | Arts and Humanities Social Sciences Public goods dilemma Influence of presumed media influence Climate change mitigation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174087 https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/14876 |
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