Designing celebrity‐endorsed behavioral interventions in conservation

The use of celebrity endorsement in environmental conservation interventions aiming to influence human behavior has increased in recent decades. Although good practice in designing, implementing, and evaluating behavioral interventions is outlined in recent publications, guidance on developing conse...

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Main Authors: Olmedo, A, Veríssimo, D, Challender, DWS, Dao, HTT, Rubino, EC, Milner‐Gulland, EJ
格式: Journal article
语言:English
出版: Wiley 2024
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author Olmedo, A
Veríssimo, D
Challender, DWS
Dao, HTT
Rubino, EC
Milner‐Gulland, EJ
author_facet Olmedo, A
Veríssimo, D
Challender, DWS
Dao, HTT
Rubino, EC
Milner‐Gulland, EJ
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description The use of celebrity endorsement in environmental conservation interventions aiming to influence human behavior has increased in recent decades. Although good practice in designing, implementing, and evaluating behavioral interventions is outlined in recent publications, guidance on developing conservation interventions with celebrity endorsement remains limited. To fill this gap, we devised a guide for decision‐making relating to celebrity‐endorsed behavioral interventions based on the behavioral, project design, and celebrity endorsement literatures. The guide advises conducting research to understand the behavior system in question; defining endorser selection models and celebrities based on the research; developing an endorsement strategy with the appropriate communication channels; testing the celebrity, channels, and strategy with the target audience and making adjustments as needed; and, finally, evaluating the intervention after implementation. We applied this strategy to a case study, the aim of which was to design a celebrity‐endorsed intervention to reduce consumption of wild meat in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Following our guide, we found that employing evidence‐based decision‐making substantially enhanced our ability to understand the complexity and potential cost associated with using celebrity endorsements in behavioral interventions.
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