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Peran Media Sosial Dalam Meningkatkan Kesadaran Lingkungan Di Kalangan Milenial

This literature-based study analyzed the role of social media in raising environmental awareness among millennials, including awareness of issues like plastic pollution and climate change. Researchers found that social media is effective at deepening understanding of environmental issues through influencer engagement, interactive content, and social campaigns. However, challenges such as misinformation, algorithmic bias, and superficial engagement limit its positive impact on promoting sustainable behaviors.

2025 Pubmedia Social Sciences and Humanities 9 citations
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Campaigning Environmental Conservation During the Pandemic: A Social Media Reception Analysis

This study analyzed how environmental conservation campaigns shifted to social media during COVID-19 lockdowns to maintain public engagement. Social media campaigns about plastic pollution have become important tools for raising awareness of microplastic contamination and motivating policy change.

2021 Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research/Advances in social science, education and humanities research 3 citations
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Implementing Environmental Communication Strategy Towards Climate Change Through Social Media in Indonesia

Researchers analyzed the environmental communication strategies employed by the 'Bye Bye Plastic Bags' non-governmental campaign on social media in Bali, Indonesia, using Cox's (2013) environmental communication framework and in-depth interviews with five ENGO respondents and two community representatives. The study examined how the campaign addressed climate change and plastic pollution messaging and assessed community perceptions of its execution.

2022 Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies 19 citations
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Decoding derogation: The impact of environmental values and political ideology on the effect of persuasive message about recycle and reuse behaviors

Researchers examined how environmental values and political ideology influence reactions to persuasive messages about plastic pollution, finding that these personal belief systems shape message derogation in distinct ways that subsequently affect risk perception, self-efficacy, and individuals' intentions to recycle and reuse plastics.

2024 Risk Analysis 1 citations
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Public Attention Formation in the "Diet Kantong Plastik" Social Movement

This qualitative study examines how Indonesia's Plastic Bag Diet Movement used social media to build public attention for reducing plastic use, finding that consistent, informative messaging and strategic timing helped grow the campaign's reach. The research suggests that digital advocacy can effectively raise environmental awareness but must also close the gap between awareness and individual action.

2021 Ultimacomm 14 citations
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Citizen Environmental Behavior From the Perspective of Psychological Distance Based on a Visual Analysis of Bibliometrics and Scientific Knowledge Mapping

A bibliometric and scientific knowledge mapping analysis examined how psychological distance theory has been applied to research on citizen environmental behavior, finding that perceived distance from environmental problems reduces motivation to act. The review identifies framing strategies that reduce psychological distance as key for designing effective environmental communication campaigns.

2022 Frontiers in Psychology 16 citations
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Environmental Science Communication for a Young Audience: A Case Study on the #EarthOvershootDay Campaign on YouTube 🎬🌎

This case study examines a YouTube campaign around Earth Overshoot Day as an example of environmental science communication targeting young audiences. It analyzes how collaboration between scientists and social media influencers can extend the reach of sustainability messaging beyond traditional academic channels.

2020 13 citations
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Educomunicación ambiental en la red: Un análisis de las publicaciones en medios digitales de la provincia de Imbabura, Ecuador

Researchers analyzed environmental content published by digital media outlets in Imbabura Province, Ecuador, characterizing the types of ecological topics covered and measuring the social interactions these publications generated among online audiences.

2024 Educación Arte Comunicación Revista Académica e Investigativa 1 citations
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What are the valuable lessons from global research on environmental literacy in the last two decades? A systematic literature review

This paper is not about microplastics; it is a systematic literature review of global research on environmental literacy in education over the past two decades, analyzing publication trends and teaching approaches.

2024 Biosfer 2 citations
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Psychological Factors Affecting Young People’s Environmental Responsibility: Evidence from Public University Students

This study examined pro-environmental behavior levels and psychological factors -- including new media use, creative thinking, and environmental awareness -- among public university students, assessing how these factors influence young people's sense of environmental responsibility. The findings highlight gaps in environmental knowledge and the structural barriers that limit students' practical contributions to conservation.

2024 Personalia Pelajar
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Systematic literature review: a typology of Sustainability Literacy and Environmental Literacy

This systematic literature review develops a typology of sustainability literacy and environmental education frameworks, mapping how different educational approaches define and measure student competencies related to ecological awareness and sustainable behavior.

2025 Frontiers in Education 4 citations
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How Do Information Resources Influencethe Public Environmental Risk Perception?A National Survey in China

This paper is not about microplastics — it is a survey-based study of how different information channels (social media, traditional news, government sources) shape Chinese citizens' environmental risk perception, finding that online information has the strongest effect on perceived environmental threats.

2023 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 2 citations
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Advancing a Cleaner Society: Exploring the Impact of Storytelling, Social Media, Humor, and Celebrity Influence in Research Communication for Pollution

This paper explored how storytelling, social media, humor, and celebrity involvement can be used to more effectively communicate environmental pollution threats such as microplastics and biodiversity loss to the public. The review argues that creative and culturally resonant communication strategies are essential for driving behavioral change toward a cleaner society.

2024 1 citations
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What influences public support for plastic waste control policies and green consumption? Evidence from a multilevel analysis of survey data from 27 European countries

This multi-country survey across 27 European nations found that media use and country-level factors shape citizens' support for plastic waste policy and green consumption. People who consumed environmental news from diverse media sources were more likely to support plastic reduction policies and adopt green behaviors. The findings have implications for designing effective public communication strategies about plastic pollution.

2023 Online Media and Global Communication 2 citations
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Humor Helps: An Experimental Analysis of Pro-Environmental Social Media Communication

Researchers found that combining humorous satirical cartoons with factual environmental messages on social media significantly increased engagement and pro-environmental behavioral intentions compared to factual messages alone.

2023 Sustainability 6 citations
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A Change of Mind: Applying Social and Behavioral Research Methods to the Assessment of the Effectiveness of Ocean Literacy Initiatives

This paper reviews how social and behavioral science methods can be used to measure whether ocean literacy programs actually change people's environmental behaviors. Better evaluation tools are needed to determine if public education about plastic pollution leads to real reductions in plastic use.

2019 Frontiers in Marine Science 58 citations
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Mediating and Moderating Factors Affecting Pro-environmental Decision-Making: A Spanish Study

Researchers investigated the mediating role of perceived responsibility and the moderating role of political ideology on pro-environmental decision-making in a Spanish population. The study found that perceived responsibility partially mediated the relationship between environmental concern and pro-environmental behavior, with political orientation moderating the strength of these effects.

2024 Australian Journal of Environmental Education
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Cultivating Public Perception and Policy Initiatives: Understanding the Impact of Environmental Journalism through Focus Group Discussions and Secondary Data Analysis

Focus group discussions and secondary data analysis found that environmental journalism significantly shapes public awareness and policy formation, with participants noting both the power of media framing and limitations in covering complex topics like climate change and global environmental challenges.

2025 Current World Environment 4 citations
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Seeing microplastic clouds: Using ecomedia literacy for digital technology in environmental education

This article introduces ecomedia literacy as a pedagogical framework for environmental education, using microplastic pollution as a case study to help students analyze digital technologies through four interconnected lenses: ecoculture, political ecology, ecomateriality, and systems thinking.

2023 The Journal of Environmental Education 9 citations
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The effect of demographic factors on environmental knowledge among university students

Researchers surveyed 1,345 university students across 15 institutions in Indonesia to investigate how demographic factors such as gender, major, and geographic background influence environmental knowledge levels. The study found that demographic variables significantly shaped students' understanding of environmental issues, with implications for designing targeted environmental education programs in Indonesian higher education.

2022 International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE) 2 citations
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A Retrospective Approach to Pro-Environmental Behavior from Environmental Education: An Alternative from Sustainable Development

This 20-year bibliometric retrospective on environmental education and pro-environmental behaviour research found a persistent gap between acquiring environmental knowledge and changing behaviour, concluding that participatory pedagogical approaches and greater integration of sustainable development into higher education are needed to bridge this divide.

2023 Sustainability 9 citations
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Application of Digital Technology in Environmental Literacy Education for Teenagers

Researchers investigated whether virtual environments based on digital technology could improve environmental literacy levels among teenagers, using a controlled study with experimental and control groups receiving different educational interventions. They found through T-tests that virtual environment-based education significantly improved adolescents' environmental literacy scores compared to conventional teaching methods.

2024 Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications 1 citations
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Scale validation and prediction of environmental health literacy in Brazil

Researchers surveyed nearly 400 people in Brazil to measure environmental health literacy — how well people understand the links between pollution and human health — and found that education, income, age, and ethnicity were the strongest predictors of awareness levels. The findings can help policymakers design targeted communication strategies for communities most vulnerable to environmental health risks.

2025 Scientific Reports 1 citations
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Consistent or inconsistent? The effects of inducing cognitive dissonance vs. cognitive consonance on the intention to engage in pro-environmental behaviors

Researchers investigated how cognitive dissonance between environmental awareness and pro-environmental behavior influences individuals' rationalization strategies, finding that attempts to induce cognitive consonance could shift behavioral intentions, with implications for designing more effective pro-environmental communications.

2022 Frontiers in Psychology 28 citations