Mass media and environmental issues: Do sources of information impact our concern for the polar regions?

详细信息   

• 作者：Charters ; Meghan Elizabeth
• 学历：Master
• 年：2014
• 关键词：Social sciences ; Communication and the arts ; Health
• 导师：Dietz,Thomas
• 毕业院校：Michigan State University
• Department：Sociology
• 专业：Environmental Studies;Public policy;Mass communications
• ISBN：9781303840906
• CBH：1554204
• Country：USA
• 语种：English
• FileSize：248955
• Pages：36

文摘

What do members of the general public know about the polar regions,and how much do they care? Who knows or cares? This paper explores data from the General Social Survey (GSS),which in 2010 questioned a sample of more than 300 U.S. adults about their knowledge and opinions concerning both the polar regions and sources of media information. The polar survey items were modeled on long-running GSS assessments of general science knowledge and opinions,recently summarized in the U.S. National Science Board's report Science and Engineering Indicators 2008. Polar knowledge proves to be limited but certainly not absent among survey respondents. Polar knowledge,general science knowledge,and education--together with individual background characteristics (age,sex,income)--predict policy-relevant opinions. Interestingly,political orientation only shows consistent,significant effects across some of the polar opinion questions. These 2010 GSS polar results will provide a baseline for comparison with the 2006 and 2012 surveys,as follow up to the International Polar Year.