Essays about: "Climate Change Beliefs"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 33 essays containing the words Climate Change Beliefs.

1. 11. Cloudy beliefs, or just clouds? : Believability of climate change messages in Swedish news media and nature documentaries

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Kajsa Thorsén; [2022]
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   Abstract : Climate change is a frequently discussed topic in several news mediums, not the least in Swedish news media and nature documentaries. Existing research on the perception of climate change messages has primarily focused on aspects of trust in the news source, pro-environmental attitudes and behavior, and audience engagement; the role of believability in a message, however, has been overlooked. READ MORE

3. 12. Psychological Antecedents of Academic´s Intentions to Participate in Last Chance Tourism: Applying value-belief-norm and cognitive dissonance model

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

   Author : Joakim Wermelin; [2022]
   Keywords : Last Chance Tourism; LCT; academic´s; intentions; behaviors; sustainability; sustainable traveling; PLS-SEM; PLS; VBN; value-belief-norm; cognitive dissonance; cognitive dissonance theory;

   Abstract : Last chance tourism (LCT) is defined as an endangered place due to climate change which creates motivations for tourists to travel to these places before they vanish. These trips also involve interaction with and observation of rare species that is about to disappear due to climate change. READ MORE

4. 13. Students’ holiday air travel behaviors: a flyer’s dilemma

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

   Author : Elena Zucchini; [2021]
   Keywords : Pro-environmental behaviors; holiday air travel; air transportation; climate change; students; theory of planned behavior; value-belief-norm theory; awareness-attitude behavior gap; contextual gap; cognitive dissonance theory; sustainable destination development;

   Abstract : Holiday air travel behaviors are nowadays a significant issue in relation to climate change and sustainable tourism. Indeed, transportation, and especially air transportation, have a significant role in climate change. READ MORE

5. 14. Gender dynamics in media-driven belief polarization - disentangling reinforcing processes behind media usage and perception of societal issues

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

   Author : Lisa Axelsson; [2020-08-19]
   Keywords : Reinforcing spirals; selective exposure; media effects; alternative media; gender gap; interpersonal communication; belief polarization;

   Abstract : In academia as well as in mainstream media, people are voicing concern that a fragmented media environment, entailing an immense increase of alternative media, may motivate selective exposure, in turn leading to increasingly polarized perceptions of society among the public. Consulting the theory of reinforcing spirals (RSM), there is ample evidence for a reciprocal relationship between selective media exposure and sociotropic beliefs – potentially sparking polarization dynamics. READ MORE

6. 15. Climate change beliefs, environmental policies support and the fossil fuels industry

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Tommaso Piseddu; [2020]
   Keywords : Environmental Policies; Climate Change Beliefs; Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Coal Plants;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to provide a contribution to the analysis of how relevant the presence of the fossil fuels industry is in shaping the attitudes toward climate change and environmental policies. This presence is studied in the form of coal plants at county-level and in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 in Louisiana, a state that largely relies on oil and gas extractive activities. READ MORE