The effect of social network sites usage in climate change awareness in Latin America.

IF 3.2 3区社会学 Q1 DEMOGRAPHY

Population and Environment Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1007/s11111-023-00417-4

Amalia Gómez-Casillas, Victoria Gómez Márquez

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Abstract

Using data from the Latinobarómetro (Latin Barometer) survey of 2017 to analyze the effect of social network site usage on climate change awareness in 18 Latin American countries, this article makes three contributions. First, it offers results on the socioeconomic determinants of climate awareness in a region of the world where there is scant published evidence in this regard. Second, it shows the effect of social media consumption on climate change awareness by assessing the role of each of the most popular sites: YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and Tumblr. Third, it assesses the effects of multi-platform consumption. The results show that YouTube has the strongest and most robust positive and statistically significant effect on climate change awareness, followed by Instagram, Twitter, and WhatsApp, while being a multi-platform user also has a positive and statistically significant effect on climate change awareness. The implications of these findings for understanding the role of social media in the development of environmental awareness are discussed.

Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11111-023-00417-4.

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社交网站使用对拉丁美洲气候变化意识的影响。

本文利用2017年Latinobarómetro(拉丁晴雨表)调查的数据，分析了18个拉丁美洲国家的社交网站使用对气候变化意识的影响。首先，它提供了世界上一个地区气候意识的社会经济决定因素的结果，而在这方面发表的证据很少。其次，它通过评估每个最受欢迎的网站(YouTube、Facebook、Instagram、Twitter、LinkedIn、WhatsApp、Snapchat和Tumblr)的作用，展示了社交媒体消费对气候变化意识的影响。第三，评估多平台消费的影响。结果表明，YouTube对气候变化意识的正向显著影响最强，最稳健，其次是Instagram、Twitter和WhatsApp，而作为多平台用户对气候变化意识的正向显著影响也具有统计学意义。讨论了这些发现对理解社会媒体在环境意识发展中的作用的意义。补充信息:在线版本包含补充资料，下载地址:10.1007/s11111-023-00417-4。

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期刊介绍： Population & Environment is the sole social science journal focused on interdisciplinary research on social demographic aspects of environmental issues. The journal publishes cutting-edge research that contributes new insights on the complex, reciprocal links between human populations and the natural environment in all regions and countries of the world. Quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods contributions are welcome. Disciplines commonly represented in the journal include demography, geography, sociology, human ecology, environmental economics, public health, anthropology and environmental studies. The journal publishes original research, research brief, and review articles.