The Effects of Message Framing on Response to Environmental Communications

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Davis, J. J. (1995). The effects of message framing on response to environmental communications. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 72, 2, 285-299.
Explores how the framing of environmental communication influences attitudes & environmentally responsible behaviors, eg, recycling. In an experiment involving 112 undergraduates …

Consumer Research Survey: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Purchase of Recycled-Content Products

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King County commission for Marketing Recyclable Materials & Atwood, A. M. (1994). Consumer research survey: Knowledge, attitudes, and purchase of recycled-content products. King County Commission for Marketing Recyclable Materials.

Predicting Purchase Intentions for an Environmentally Sensitive Product

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Alwitt, L. F., & Pitts, R. E. (1996). Predicting purchase intentions for an environmentally sensitive product.. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 5, 1, 49-64.
Expressions of positive attitudes toward the environment are only weakly related to the consumption of alternatives to products that are environmentally (EVY) unfriendly. Yet, soc…

GVRD Waste Reduction Reuse & Recycling Attitudes Residential Telephone Survey

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Angus Reid Group, Inc. (1996). GVRD waste reduction reuse & recycling attitudes residential telephone survey.

Social Marketing in Health Promotion

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(1994). Social marketing in health promotion. Ottawa, ON: Health Canada.

The Commons Dilemma as Metaphor: Memory, Influence, and Implications for Environmental Conservation

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Mio, J. S., Thompson, S. C., & Givens, G. H. (1993). The commons dilemma as metaphor: Memory, influence, and implications for environmental conservation. Metaphor and Symbolic Activity, 8, 1, 23-42.
Research on the commons dilemma has enjoyed much vigorous interest in the social psychological literature since Hardin's (1968) discussion of the dilemma as it relates to environm…

Social Marketing for the Environment: Using Information Campaigns to Promote Environmental Awareness and Behavior Change

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Maibach, E. (1993). Social marketing for the environment: Using information campaigns to promote environmental awareness and behavior change. Health Promotion International, 8, 3, 209-224.
Proposes social marketing (SM) as an approach for developing solutions to many environmental problems currently facing the world. The SM approach applies generic marketing and mar…

Environmental Attitudes Conceptualized through Developmental Theory: A Qualitative Analysis

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Robbins, J. G., & Greenwald, R. (1994). Environmental attitudes conceptualized through developmental theory: A qualitative analysis. Journal of Social Issues, 50, 3, 29-47.
Women's attitudes toward the environment were explored in relation to Robert Kegan's  model of ego development, using a randomly selected sample of 27 women aged 40 to 49 from a M…

Using Verbal and Visual Prompts to Control Littering in High Schools

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Houghton, S. (1993). Using verbal and visual prompts to control littering in high schools. Educational Studies, 19, 3, 247-254.
Investigated the use of verbal and visual prompts to control litter behavior of students in 2 Western Australian high schools. 1,750 students participated in the study. Data were …

Opinion Leadership in Green Consumption: An Exploratory Study

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Flynn, L. R., & Goldsmith, E. (1994). Opinion leadership in green consumption: An exploratory study. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 9, 3, 543-553.
Explored how interpersonal communication functions in the domain of green consumption. Data were collected by means of a self-administered questionnaire to 99 women (aged 20-74 yr…

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