{"title":"A Study on the Environmental Campaigns in Traditional and Social Media","authors":"Sunitha Kuppuswamy","doi":"10.4018/IJEP.2018010103","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Thisarticledescribeshowtheenvironmentisasignificantpartoftoday’sworld.Themediahasthe responsibilityofeducatingtheaudienceabouttheprevailingenvironmentalissuessuchaspollution, globalwarming,andclimatechangeastheythreatenthehumankindandsustainabledevelopment. Environmentalcampaignsplayamajorroleincreatingawarenessaboutenvironmentalissuesandits adverseeffectsonpeople.Thisarticleexaminesthecontentofenvironmentalcampaignsintraditional andsocialmedia.Italsointendstofindouttheimpactofthosecampaignsontheenvironmental awarenessofdifferentcross-culturalsectionsofpeople.ThearticleisdesignedbasedontheTheory ofPlannedBehaviouraccordingtowhichhumanactionisguidedbyanumberoffactors.Afew centralizedsocialmediacampaignstogetherwithselectedcampaignsonradio,printandtelevision were takenfor thestudy.Todeterminetheeffectivenessandimpactof thesecampaigns,content analysisandsurveyswereconducted.Thefindingsrevealedthatthecampaignshadmanypositive benefitsandanumberoffactorswereinfluencingthepromotionofenvironmentalawareness.The studytestedafewfactorsbasedoncommunicationtheoriesanddiscussionsweredrawn. KEywoRdS Awareness, Environmental Campaign, Impact, Social Media, Traditional Media","PeriodicalId":13695,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. E Politics","volume":"88 1","pages":"29-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Int. J. E Politics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJEP.2018010103","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Thisarticledescribeshowtheenvironmentisasignificantpartoftoday’sworld.Themediahasthe responsibilityofeducatingtheaudienceabouttheprevailingenvironmentalissuessuchaspollution, globalwarming,andclimatechangeastheythreatenthehumankindandsustainabledevelopment. Environmentalcampaignsplayamajorroleincreatingawarenessaboutenvironmentalissuesandits adverseeffectsonpeople.Thisarticleexaminesthecontentofenvironmentalcampaignsintraditional andsocialmedia.Italsointendstofindouttheimpactofthosecampaignsontheenvironmental awarenessofdifferentcross-culturalsectionsofpeople.ThearticleisdesignedbasedontheTheory ofPlannedBehaviouraccordingtowhichhumanactionisguidedbyanumberoffactors.Afew centralizedsocialmediacampaignstogetherwithselectedcampaignsonradio,printandtelevision were takenfor thestudy.Todeterminetheeffectivenessandimpactof thesecampaigns,content analysisandsurveyswereconducted.Thefindingsrevealedthatthecampaignshadmanypositive benefitsandanumberoffactorswereinfluencingthepromotionofenvironmentalawareness.The studytestedafewfactorsbasedoncommunicationtheoriesanddiscussionsweredrawn. KEywoRdS Awareness, Environmental Campaign, Impact, Social Media, Traditional Media