Journal article
Climate Information Exposure on Social Media and Climate-Related Political Participation: The Mediating Roles of Environmental Discussion and Risk Perception
Environmental communication, Vol.19(7), pp.1311-1325
10/03/2025
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2025.2464150
Abstract
Social media has emerged as a key platform for governments, organizations, scientific institutions, and individuals to disseminate information about climate change. Nowadays it is common for people to come across climate change information on social media. Prior research suggests that exposure to information on social media can enhance knowledge acquisition and political participation. However, these effects have not been tested in the context of climate change information distribution on social media. Guided by the orientation-stimulus-reasoning-orientation-response (O-S-R-O-R) model, this study conducted a national survey and found that exposure to climate change information on social media was positively associated with climate-related political participation through positive associations with environmental discussion and climate change risk perception. These findings contribute to the theoretical understanding of social media’s role in promoting climate-related political participation. Additionally, the study provides practical insights into ways to increase climate change-related risk perception and participation behaviors.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Climate Information Exposure on Social Media and Climate-Related Political Participation: The Mediating Roles of Environmental Discussion and Risk Perception
- Creators
- Bingbing Zhang - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Environmental communication, Vol.19(7), pp.1311-1325
- DOI
- 10.1080/17524032.2025.2464150
- ISSN
- 1752-4032
- eISSN
- 1752-4040
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 02/09/2025
- Date published
- 10/03/2025
- Academic Unit
- Center for Social Science Innovation; School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Record Identifier
- 9984790968802771
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