{"title":"Environmental values and images: an analysis of Facebook images from Ojibwe and state natural resource management agencies","authors":"Ryan N. Comfort","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2023.2243951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2023.2243951","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Drawing from research on media sociology and environmental values, the present study compares the visual content shared on Facebook by state and Ojibwe natural resource management agencies in the Great Lakes region. The study examines whether the image content most frequently shared by these agencies suggests similarities or differences in value orientations between agencies and audiences. Results showed that state and Ojibwe agencies differ in their image sharing priorities. Results also indicated that state agencies prioritized sharing images of people, but their audiences liked images of fish and wildlife more than other image content.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"97 1","pages":"107 - 119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76891265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Johanna Jämsä, V. Sandström, J. Holopainen, S. Juhola, T. Kalliokoski, K. Korhonen-Kurki, Veera Lyytikäinen, O. Mattila, J. Pietikäinen, K. Soini
{"title":"Environmental communication for expert audiences - experimenting three approaches","authors":"Johanna Jämsä, V. Sandström, J. Holopainen, S. Juhola, T. Kalliokoski, K. Korhonen-Kurki, Veera Lyytikäinen, O. Mattila, J. Pietikäinen, K. Soini","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2023.2221461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2023.2221461","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We studied three novel approaches in environmental science communication for experts: gamification, virtual reality, and art-based scenario workshops and analyze participants’ perceptions through qualitative interviews and a survey. Four dimensions emerged from the interviews: enjoyment, usability, sociability, and learning that were found to be important for scientific communication. The approaches were perceived as enjoyable and beneficial for creating dialogue. However, the simplification of the information reduced its usability for experts. The approaches were found suitable for understanding other participants’ viewpoints rather than disseminating knowledge about the content. Experts as a target group require special focus in the development of science communication.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"35 1","pages":"61 - 75"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87144797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Otgontamir Chimed, D. Lkhagvasuren, J. Alexander, David Barclay, Narangarav Bayasgalan, P. Lkhagvajav, E. Nygren, Sarah L Robinson, G. Samelius
{"title":"Delivery of educational material increased awareness of the elusive Pallas’s cat in Southern Mongolia","authors":"Otgontamir Chimed, D. Lkhagvasuren, J. Alexander, David Barclay, Narangarav Bayasgalan, P. Lkhagvajav, E. Nygren, Sarah L Robinson, G. Samelius","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2023.2169785","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2023.2169785","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Public engagement and awareness programs are important components of many conservation programs today as such engagements are often critical for successful conservation. In this study, we examined if delivery of educational material increased awareness of the Pallas’s cat and its environment in a southern Mongolia herder community. We found that knowledge was greater and attitudes toward the Pallas’s cat and wildlife in general were more positive one year after the delivery of the educational material. This study thus suggests that educational material can be effective at increasing awareness of small and elusive species such as the Pallas’s cat.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"222 1","pages":"1 - 12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79972463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. I. Kamil, Ismail Agung Rusmadipraja, Rinda Aunillah Sirait, Nathan Rusli
{"title":"Assessing public perception of various human-wildlife relationships in Indonesia using a webinar series pre-registration form","authors":"P. I. Kamil, Ismail Agung Rusmadipraja, Rinda Aunillah Sirait, Nathan Rusli","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2023.2189642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2023.2189642","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Throughout history, humans shared habitats and resources with animals, making human-wildlife interactions (HWI), including conflict, inevitable. Understanding issues before mitigating them is one important aspect of conservation. This study assessed 1,613 registrants’ data on public perception of HWI through a computer-mediated communication (CMC) platform by conducting registration surveys for webinar series that discussed relevant HWI cases in Indonesia. Among all the results from five studies, a finding shows there is a consistency of perceptions toward certain animal groups in the context of HWI. Moving forward, this cost-effective method can be replicated to gather public perceptions on conservation issues, allowing conservationists to plan a better urban outreach activity.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"18 1","pages":"27 - 42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74818812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shahad Alkair, Ruba Ali, Azza Abouhashem, Rania Aledamat, J. Bhadra, Zubair Ahmad, Abdellatif Sellami, N. Al-Thani
{"title":"A STEM model for engaging students in environmental sustainability programs through a problem-solving approach","authors":"Shahad Alkair, Ruba Ali, Azza Abouhashem, Rania Aledamat, J. Bhadra, Zubair Ahmad, Abdellatif Sellami, N. Al-Thani","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2023.2179556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2023.2179556","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study exemplifies a STEM model for engaging students in environmental sustainability programs through a problem-solving approach. The study employed a mixed-method approach incorporating 346 elementary students. The research findings demonstrated a significant improvement in post-test scores, revealing augmented students’ understanding of environmental issues. Observations of students’ tasks, and students’ and facilitators’ feedback illustrated enhanced students’ collaborative problem-solving (CPS) attitudes. Conclusively the successful implementation of CPS skills through a week-long course has been demonstrated by a strength, weaknesses, opportunities, & threats (SWOT) analysis. Thus, this study paves the way for the future development of E-STEM-based problem-solving programs.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"10 1","pages":"13 - 26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82642799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Ghanbari, Mostafa M. Jafari, I. Eastin, J. Ghasemi
{"title":"Education of climate changes and evaluation among high school students in Iran","authors":"S. Ghanbari, Mostafa M. Jafari, I. Eastin, J. Ghasemi","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2023.2198269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2023.2198269","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Adequate knowledge about the effects of climate change on the environment is an important factor in taking conscious action to reduce its effects. The future behavior of students is influenced by their education about environmental and climate change issues. Students located in forested (Kalibar) and non-forested (Tabriz) regions were selected to participate in this study because of the importance of environmental knowledge in promoting better management of natural resources and combating climate change effects. Measuring students’ attitudes toward education and climate change can allow decision-makers to plan an appropriate program of instruction and determine the effectiveness of the curriculum.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"9 1","pages":"43 - 60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88352170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Communicating with the public about wildland fire preparation, response, and recovery: a review of recent literature","authors":"Anna R. Santo, H. Huber-Stearns, Hollie Smith","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2022.2125105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2022.2125105","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This review paper synthesizes peer-reviewed empirical research published between 2010 and 2021 about wildland fire communication practices. Our goal was to systematically review and provide an overview of how wildland fire communication has been empirically studied, and theoretical and methodological underpinnings and representativeness of this work. We found that researchers employ diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, yet most work originates from the western United States or Australia. Studies were published in diverse disciplinary journals, most frequently looked at residents as study subjects, and many sought to understand the effectiveness of communication. There is a need to build theoretical and methodological consistency in wildland fire communication research.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"10 1","pages":"383 - 405"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88344468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura M. Arpan, Elizabeth C. Ray, Nicholas Sellers, O. Bravo
{"title":"Self-effects of user-generated messages on pro-environmental identity","authors":"Laura M. Arpan, Elizabeth C. Ray, Nicholas Sellers, O. Bravo","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2022.2121329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2022.2121329","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract An experiment tested whether user-generated pro-environmental messages (UGC) enhanced environmental self-identity among message creators. Participants were randomly assigned to create a message about saving energy, view a message with similar content ostensibly created by similar others, or view irrelevant messages. Those who created their own messages had greater post-message self-identity than those in the other two conditions. Additionally, those who created their own messages had greater post-message intentions to save energy in the near future than those in the other two conditions, and behavioral intentions were positively correlated with self-identity. Implications for campaigns and educational efforts are discussed.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"13 1","pages":"368 - 382"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74154535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Braus, J. Heimlich, N. Ardoin, Charlotte R. Clark
{"title":"Building bridges, not walls: exploring the environmental education ecosystem","authors":"J. Braus, J. Heimlich, N. Ardoin, Charlotte R. Clark","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2022.2115226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2022.2115226","url":null,"abstract":"If you are reading this, there is a strong chance you care about making the world a better place. As academics in higher education, nonprofit professionals, and global citizens, we, too, care about the urgent, interconnected issues facing people and the planet. For more than four decades, we have worked in the environmental, sustainability, arts, evaluation, and education spaces and, among us, have done so in formal, nonformal, and informal settings. Moreover, in addition to the varied identities that we bring to our work, we recognize ourselves as environmental education (EE) professionals, agreeing with Monroe et al. (2008) who say that EE is a philosophy, approach, tool, and profession. Strengthening this profession through enhancing its efficacy, relevance, and ability to make change in the world requires augmenting connections with related professions and disciplines, for the benefit of all.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"77 1","pages":"319 - 330"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90331109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can a science café and a concert communicate global change concepts?","authors":"L. Maudlin, K. McNeal","doi":"10.1080/1533015X.2022.2108524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1533015X.2022.2108524","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract A science café and a concert with a panel discussion were held with public audiences to communicate information about global change and ecosystem soundscapes. Both events were evaluated through: (i) post-event surveys to measure global change perceptions, awareness, and attitudes; (ii) skin biosensors to measure the engagement levels of a sub-group of attendees; and (iii) post-event interviews with the same sub-group to better understand their reflections on and their own enjoyment and engagement at each event. Results indicate both events were beneficial to attendees, but the combined concert and panel discussion event was more engaging and enjoyable for attendees.","PeriodicalId":35034,"journal":{"name":"Applied Environmental Education and Communication","volume":"1 1","pages":"348 - 367"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89538112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}