Environmental Issues in the Media – Studentsí Perceptions in the Three Nordic-Baltic Countries

Keinonen, Tuula; Yli-Panula, Yli-Panula; Svens, Maria; Vilkonis, Rytis; Persson, Christel; Palmberg, Irmeli

doi:10.2478/jtes-2014-0002

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“…The media were perceived to have an important role as a presenter of environmental problems (c.f., Keinonen et al, 2014), but according to the students, the media, to some extent, exaggerate environmental problems, although they do not create unnecessary fear or confusion related to environmental problems. This view is in line with the perceptions of most Europeans who were well informed about environmental issues (TNS Opinion & Social, 2011).…”

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Higher Education Students’ Perceptions of Environmental Issues and Media Coverage

Keinonen

Palmberg

Kukkonen

et al. 2016

Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education

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This study aims to find higher education studentsí perceptions about environmental issues and how the perceptions are related to perceptions of media coverage. This study investigates higher education studentsí perceptions of the seriousness of environmental issues and their relation to perceptions of media coverage. Higher education students perceived a global problem, lack of clean water, as most serious environmental problem. Media has had an effect on studentsí perceptions on environmental issues: when students perceived the problem as serious they also perceived the information in media concerning it appropriate. Students perceived that the media underestimate and obscure some environmental problems such as biological diversity and global warming. It was concluded that higher education educators need more knowledge of studentsí, future decision makersí concerns and perceptions about environmental issues to develop more effective teaching practices in higher education. Through education environmental issues literacy, which is a precursor for engaged protection of the environment, can be fostered. This study offers some insights into higher education studentsí perceptions of the mediaís role in environmental issues.

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Higher Education Students’ Perceptions of Environmental Issues and Media Coverage

Keinonen

Palmberg

Kukkonen

et al. 2016

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“…Digital media tools have changed childrenís consumption behaviors. Media is a source of information which has an effect on peopleís knowledge of environment and attitudes (Keinonen et al, 2014). Digital media can be accepted as one of the childrenís part of environment.…”

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The Effects of Preschoolers’ Media Usage Habits on Their Daily Life and Sustainability

Akyar

Sapsağlam

2019

Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education

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Today’s children are born into a digital world and are exposed to various electronic devices and digital contents both in the home environment and other environments since the first years of life. Children, who are a natural recipient of the environment in which they live, are exposed to the effects of the digital world at different levels and reflect these effects in different ways. The purpose of the reported study is to investigate if preschoolers’ daily media usage habits affects their drawings. This study is planned according to the case study design of qualitative research methods. The study was conducted with 15 preschoolers and their parents. There were nine boys and six girls in the study. The preschoolers’ drawings and their parents’ interview data were analyzed by using the descriptive analyzing method. The study result shows that there are differences between boys and girls media usage habits. Boys spend more time with media tools than girls. Additionally, boys are exposed to more inappropriate content because of their preferences. The analysis of their drawings revealed that boys are more affected than girls from media contents since boys’ drawings include more characters from media than girls. It can thus be suggested that media tools might be harmful when they are used in a developmentally inappropriate way, and excessive media tool usage has negative impact on children. Therefore, the reported study recommends that parents and caregivers take some precautions to limit preschoolers from spending time with media tools and to control content of children’s activity.

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“…In other words, it is the mediaís general duty to report on any environmental issues that occur locally or internationally via several mediums like news article, feature, investigative reporting and so on, and obviously the ENGOs do not have to do any environmental news reporting. The environmental information reported by the media can influence publicís knowledge and attitude towards environment (Keinonen et al, 2014).…”

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Media and Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (ENGOs) Roles in Environmental Sustainability Communication in Malaysia

Saleh

Saifudin

2017

Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education

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Considering the massive environmental problems occurring in Malaysia, the media and the ENGOs are said to play pivotal roles in delivering environmental information to the mass society in order to increase their awareness, knowledge and practices towards the environment and sustainability. This study sought to shed the light on the type of roles can be played by the Malaysian media and the ENGOs in environmental sustainability communication. For the purpose of this study, 24 interviewees encompassing 13 media interviewees from two media organizations, namely Utusan Malaysia and The Star, as well as 11 ENGOs interviewees from two ENGOs organizations, WWF and MNS. The result of this study indicated that although both media and ENGOs seem to have different organizational backgrounds, particularly the media is a profitable organization whilst ENGOs are more non-profit oriented, when it comes to environmental communication, most of them agreed that they share quite similar roles particularly in informing and educating the public about environmental issues and in conducting research on environment and sustainability matters.

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Environmental Issues in the Media – Studentsí Perceptions in the Three Nordic-Baltic Countries

Cited by 10 publications

References 30 publications

Higher Education Students’ Perceptions of Environmental Issues and Media Coverage

Higher Education Students’ Perceptions of Environmental Issues and Media Coverage

The Effects of Preschoolers’ Media Usage Habits on Their Daily Life and Sustainability

Media and Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (ENGOs) Roles in Environmental Sustainability Communication in Malaysia

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