Does the use of media and other information sources cause the perceived experience of climate change or is it the other way around?

The perceived experience of climate change can be an important motivator of individual climate action. Recent scholarship argued that the use of media and other information sources is a basis of perceived experience. The current study analyzed a cross-lagged panel model to know if the use of informa...

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Main Authors: Rosenthal, Sonny, Ai, Pengya
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1755482024-05-05T15:34:07Z Does the use of media and other information sources cause the perceived experience of climate change or is it the other way around? Rosenthal, Sonny Ai, Pengya Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Social Sciences Climate action Perceived experience Media use Interpersonal communicaton Reinforcing spirals The perceived experience of climate change can be an important motivator of individual climate action. Recent scholarship argued that the use of media and other information sources is a basis of perceived experience. The current study analyzed a cross-lagged panel model to know if the use of information causes perceived experience or vice versa. Analysis of longitudinal data from a sample of Singapore residents (N = 466) showed that the use of traditional media, but not social media or interpersonal sources, explained change in perceived experience. In contrast, perceived experience explained change in the use of traditional media and interpersonal communication. We discuss these findings vis-à-vis the reinforcing spirals model of media effects and offer practical insights for climate change communicators, especially journalists. Ministry of Education (MOE) Submitted/Accepted version This research received funding support from an AcRF Tier 1 grant by the Ministry of Education - Singapore [grant number RG121/20]. 2024-04-30T01:50:14Z 2024-04-30T01:50:14Z 2024 Journal Article Rosenthal, S. & Ai, P. (2024). Does the use of media and other information sources cause the perceived experience of climate change or is it the other way around?. Environmental Communication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2024.2343108 1752-4032 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/175548 10.1080/17524032.2024.2343108 en RG121/20 Environmental Communication © 2024 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. All rights reserved. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the copyright holder. The Version of Record is available online at http://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2024.2343108. application/pdf
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Singapore
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topic Social Sciences
Climate action
Perceived experience
Media use
Interpersonal communicaton
Reinforcing spirals
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Climate action
Perceived experience
Media use
Interpersonal communicaton
Reinforcing spirals
Rosenthal, Sonny
Ai, Pengya
Does the use of media and other information sources cause the perceived experience of climate change or is it the other way around?
description The perceived experience of climate change can be an important motivator of individual climate action. Recent scholarship argued that the use of media and other information sources is a basis of perceived experience. The current study analyzed a cross-lagged panel model to know if the use of information causes perceived experience or vice versa. Analysis of longitudinal data from a sample of Singapore residents (N = 466) showed that the use of traditional media, but not social media or interpersonal sources, explained change in perceived experience. In contrast, perceived experience explained change in the use of traditional media and interpersonal communication. We discuss these findings vis-à-vis the reinforcing spirals model of media effects and offer practical insights for climate change communicators, especially journalists.
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Ai, Pengya
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title Does the use of media and other information sources cause the perceived experience of climate change or is it the other way around?
title_short Does the use of media and other information sources cause the perceived experience of climate change or is it the other way around?
title_full Does the use of media and other information sources cause the perceived experience of climate change or is it the other way around?
title_fullStr Does the use of media and other information sources cause the perceived experience of climate change or is it the other way around?
title_full_unstemmed Does the use of media and other information sources cause the perceived experience of climate change or is it the other way around?
title_sort does the use of media and other information sources cause the perceived experience of climate change or is it the other way around?
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