O Papel Da Mídia Na Divulgação De Informação Sobre Mudanças Climáticas Em Moçambique

Conjo, Manuel Pastor Francisco; Chichango, David Benjamim; Jesus, Octávio Manuel de

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“…To be good communicators, then, we have to develop our creativity, because there is no readymade recipe for it (p.24)". Conjo (2021), emphasizes when talking about the importance of disaster communication when it guarantees access to information (one of the fundamental rights of Mozambican citizens), aims to share ideas about risks, in order to act or adapt better in relation to cases of risks and disasters, and become a more resilient community, or even less vulnerable.…”

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“…Mozambique is an African country that lies on the east coast, in a region vulnerable to extreme events caused by climate change, which leaves the lives of Mozambicans in a situation of vulnerability (CHICHANGO et al, 2021). In recent years in Mozambique, the impacts caused by cyclones have According to WWF-Brazil (2015), in recent years there has been a great concern on the part of researchers regarding issues related to climate change, and there is compelling scientific evidence that shows it to be caused by human action.…”

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Information management in disaster communication for cyclone prevention in Mozambique

Samuel,

Veloso,

Florêncio

et al. 2023

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Mozambique is an African country that lies on the east coast, in a region vulnerable to extreme events caused by climate change, which leaves the lives of Mozambicans in a situation of vulnerability (CHICHANGO et al, 2021). In recent years in Mozambique, the impacts caused by cyclones have intensified, such as: Cyclone Dineo in 2017, Tropical Cyclone Idai and Kenneth in 2019, Tropical Storm Chalane in 2020, Tropical Cyclone Eloise in 2021, Tropical Cyclone Gombe in 2022 and more recently Tropical Cyclone Fredy in 2023. According to WWF-Brazil (2015), in recent years there has been a great concern on the part of researchers regarding issues related to climate change, and there is compelling scientific evidence that shows it to be caused by human action.

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“…While we should praise the merit of some media in providing information, we should remember that such information is not always reliable or of good quality. They often use overly dramatic and catastrophic scenarios, sometimes even making "guesses" that are unlikely to happen and have little scientific basis, which can mislead the viewer [32,33]. Scientific information about the global climate and its development is complex.…”

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“…Children and young people are growing up in a globalized digital world in which they process information from a wide variety of sources. They must have critical literacy skills to navigate the potential "pitfalls" when consuming news, especially when using online sources and social media [32]. We agree that the education system should try to make climate education more effective.…”

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Children’s Perception of Climate Change in North-Eastern Portugal

Ramos

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,

Rodrigues

²

,

Rodrigues

³

2022

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Despite the impact that climate change is having on our planet and considering its consequences for future generations, much of the academic literature focuses on adolescent and adult perceptions, giving little relevance to children’s perceptions. Children’s voices have the potential to influence public opinion, which may in turn determine the direction of a new policy on the climate crisis. In this context, it is urgent that we understand how children perceive this problem. This quantitative study was based on the application of 245 questionnaires to children aged between 9 and 13 years old from five schools in north-eastern Portugal, more specifically in the region of Trás-os-Montes. We can say that this study was a convenience study because we delivered the surveys in the schools closest to the working area of the researchers. We used a questionnaire with 26 questions, 24 of which had closed responses (like the Likert type), one open response, and one with multiple choices. In this work, we conducted a descriptive and inferential statistical analysis, and prepared a database, using the statistical software IBM SPSS, which allowed us to conduct some statistical tests, selected according to variables. For the descriptive analysis, several parameters were used for the distribution of variables, namely, frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. We rejected the null hypothesis (H0) and assumed for the inferential analysis that the sample does not follow a normal distribution, considering the fulfillment of the necessary criteria for parametric tests and after performing the Kolmogorov–Smirnov normality test, whose null hypothesis (H0) is that data are normally distributed, and given that the p-value for the variables under study was p < 0.05. In this regard, non-parametric tests were used. The Mann–Whitney test was used to compare the degree of agreement with climate change statements as a function of the student’s gender and year of schooling, which is a non-parametric test suitable for comparing the distribution functions of an ordinal variable measured in two independent samples. The results show that most of the children expressed concern about the study’s potential problem, and (42%) said they are concerned about climate change. However, they show some doubts and a lack of knowledge about some of the themes, like (33.5%) cannot name only one consequence of climate change. We also found differences between the two study cycles, with children in the 6th grade having a higher average in their understanding of the phenomenon (p = 0.049), as well as the level of education of the parents being positively correlated with a more ecocentric posture, we can see this when we considering the variable parents. We also found that 46.6% of the students say that television is where they learn more about climate change. From the results obtained, we can open new paths for future research and contribute to the definition of policies and educational practices since the school has the responsibility to cooperate in the production of values, attitudes, and pro-environmental behaviors.

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“…While we should praise the merit of some media in providing information, we should remember that such information is not always reliable or of good quality. They often use overly dramatic and catastrophic scenarios, sometimes even making "guesses" that are unlikely to happen and have little scientific basis, which can mislead the viewer [27], [28]. Scientific information about the global climate and its development is complex.…”

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confidence: 99%

Children's Perception of Climate Change in North-eastern Portugal

Ramos¹,

Rodrigues²,

Rodrigues³

2022

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Despite the impact that climate change is having on our planet and considering its consequences for future generations, much of the academic literature focuses on adolescent and adult percep-tions, giving little relevance to children's perceptions. Children's voices have the potential to in-fluence public opinion, which may in turn determine the direction of a new policy on the cli-mate crisis. In this context, it is urgent that we understand how children perceive this problem. This quantitative study was based on the application of 245 questionnaires to children aged be-tween 9 and 13 years old from five schools in north-eastern Portugal, more specifically in the region of Trás-os-Montes. To collect the data, we used a questionnaire with 26 questions, being 24 of closed response, Likert type, one of them open response, and one multiple choices. The da-ta were statistically treated using SPSS software. The results show that most of the children ex-press concern about the study's potential problem. However, they show some doubts and a lack of knowledge about some of the themes. We found differences between the two study cycles, with children in the 6th grade having a higher average in the understanding of the phenomenon, as well as the level of education of the parents being positively correlated with a more ecocen-tric posture. The female students also showed a slightly more ecological posture, i.e., an eco-friendlier posture. From the results obtained, we can open new paths for future research and contribute to the definition of policies and educational practices since the school has the respon-sibility to cooperate in the production of values, attitudes, and pro-environmental behaviours.

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O Papel Da Mídia Na Divulgação De Informação Sobre Mudanças Climáticas Em Moçambique

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Information management in disaster communication for cyclone prevention in Mozambique

Information management in disaster communication for cyclone prevention in Mozambique

Children’s Perception of Climate Change in North-Eastern Portugal

Children's Perception of Climate Change in North-eastern Portugal

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