Information sources and climate change mitigation support
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This study examined the relationship between information sources and support for climate change mitigation among undergraduates at Adeleke University. A simple random sampling technique was used to survey students anonymously. Data analysis involved descriptive inferential statistics. Results showed that a majority of 688 participants expressed actions, such as reducing fossil fuel usage, planting trees, meat intake. The main were Google, Television, friends, family, Facebook, Radio, YouTube, Instagram. However, Twitter, newspapers, church/mosque, religious leaders not commonly primary sources. Notably, sourcing from newspapers had significant positive (p = 0.036) with measures. concluded play crucial role in generating efforts. It recommended promoting newspaper readership enhance awareness sustainable practices, collaborating feature informative content, engaging Twitter users accurate dissemination, partnering institutions incorporate messages into teachings grassroots initiatives.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Information Impact: Journal of Information and Knowledge Management
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2360-994X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/iijikm.v14i1.2