{"title":"Climate Change Information and Media: A Study Among Youth in India","authors":"M. Garcia-Haro, M. P. Martínez-Ruiz","doi":"10.4018/IJEP.2018010101","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Climatechangeisascientific,health,political,economic,nationalsecurity,environmental,moraland religiousissue,amongmanyothers.Thearticlepresentsthefindingsofastudywhichinvestigates whatmessagesandmessengersbestengageyoungpeoplewithclimatescienceanditssolutions. Theopinionsandmediahabitsofyoungadults,aged18-25currentlyresidingandstudyingintwo metropolisesofIndia,Bengaluru(Bangalore)andChennai(Madras)vis-à-visclimatechangehave beenelicitedandinterpreted.Asurveyof500randomlyselectedcollegeanduniversitystudents studyingandresidinginthesetwometropoliseshaverevealedaheightenedconcernfortheglobal environmentandclimatechangeissuesamongyouth.Theextentofinformationtherespondentshad onclimatechangeissueswasconsiderable.Therespondentsreliedmoreonsocialmedia,especially blogsandnetworkinggroupsforinformationonclimatechange,thanthetraditionalmassmedia. Gender,economicstatus,courseofstudy,andparentaleducationweresomeoftheimportantvariables stronglyassociatedwithknowledgeaboutclimatechangeissues. KEYwoRdS Climate Change, Internet, Parental Education, Youth","PeriodicalId":13695,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. E Politics","volume":"10 1","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Int. J. E Politics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJEP.2018010101","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}