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AMICARELLI, VERA ET AL.HAS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CHANGED FOOD WASTE PERCEPTION AND BEHAVIOR? EVIDENCE FROM ITALIAN CONSUMERS. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES, JUNE 2021.
Food waste represents a multi-sectoral issue and influences the economy, society and environment. Considering that over 50% of food waste is generated from household consumption, the issue has been included among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, with the aim of halving its quantity by 2030. However, the COVID-19 pandemic imposed several variations in the agri-food industry in terms of food manufacturing, storage and distribution, changing at the same time food access, food consumption and food waste behavior. The present paper, through an online-based questionnaire among 831 respondents from Italy and the application of the cumulative logit model, investigates consumer behavior after the lockdown with reference to unpredictable lifestyles, improvements in smart food delivery and never-experienced time management.
SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE BY HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMICS: A SCOPING REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE BY HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMICS: A SCOPING REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE. EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, VOL. 26, 2021, P. 983-999.
Despite extensive proliferation of social media in different domains, higher education academics’ use of social media remains unclear. This paper addresses this gap in the literature by providing a scoping review, covering the last five years of extant literature. It compiles and analyses previous empirical studies concerning academics’ usage of social media, the benefits of social media for academics, and the challenges and barriers that academics face when using or considering using social media. The review of twenty-four published articles shows that not all academics currently use social media and those who do, tend to use it for research dissemination and personal reasons, mostly career and network development. Many academics do not use social media for teaching, mostly due to a lack of awareness, skill and confidence in using this emerging technology.
CLARK, M.; FINE, M.; SCHEUER, C-L.RELATIONSHIP QUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION MARKETING: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT. JOURNAL OS MARKITING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, VOL. 27, 2017 – ISSUE 1.
The landscape in consumer marketing is changing due to the rise in popularity of social media. This shift has also affected how higher education institutions build relationships with their stakeholders. This study explores how social media engagement impacts relationship quality between the university and one of its key stakeholder groups, students. Data were collected via an online survey and analyzed using the Mann–Whitney U test, regression and the Kruskal–Wallis test. Results indicated a positive association between students following a university via social media and the perception of having a high-quality relationship with their university, and that following a university on multiple social media sites leads to an even higher perception of relationship quality. The results provide important and timely implications for both universities and higher education marketers.
GONZÁLEZ, MARÍA ET AL.SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS FOR PROMOTING ENCIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES FROM CENTRAL-SOUTHERN REGION OF CUBA. REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE, COL. 35, MARCH 2020.
Community-based Environmental Education is recognized as a powerful tool for contributing the solution of socio-environmental problems in the coastal zones. Participatory processes in coastal communities such as exchange of knowledge and networks are very relevant to resolve conflicts and harmonize the relationship between society and nature. The purpose of this study was to use the social networks for the development of community-based environmental education processes in a small coastal community from the central-southern region of Cuba. Surveys and interviews techniques, as well as, environmental diagnoses were implemented in the community. In addition, an environmental education program was established with children of the elementary school.
HAWKINS, L.; FARROW, C.; THOMAS, J.DO PERCEIVED NORMS OF SOCIAL MEDIA USERS’ EATING HABITS AND PREFERENCES PREDICT OUR OWN FOOD CONSUMPTION AND BMI? APPETITE, VOL. 149, JUNE 2020.
In laboratory studies, exposure to social norm messages conveying the typical eating behaviour of others has influenced participants’ own consumption of food. Given the widespread use of social media, it is plausible that we are implicitly exposed to norms in our wider social circles, and that these influence our eating behaviour, and potentially, Body Mass Index (BMI). This study examined whether four perceived norms (perceived descriptive, injunctive, liking and frequency norms) about Facebook users’ eating habits and preferences predicted participants’ own food consumption and BMI.
NÄRVÄNEN, ELINA ET AL.CREATIVITY, AESTHETICS AND ETHICS OF FOOD WASTE IN SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAINGS. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, VOL. 195, SEPTEMBER 2018, P. 102-110.
A majority of food waste in developed countries is caused by households. Previous studies have focussed on explicating reasons and contexts for food waste, whereas consumer-oriented solutions still need further study. This study investigated how sociocultural meanings of household food waste reduction were negotiated in social media campaigns. It adopted an interpretive approach through a qualitative case study and utilised interviews and online materials as data. The study identified three sociocultural themes, creativity, aesthetics and ethics of food waste, interlinked through connections with food, waste and social media.
VERDUGO, G.; VILLARROEL, A. MEASURING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN STUDENTS’ EXPOSURE TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEIR VALUATION OF SUSTAINABILITY IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP. RESEARCH ARTICLE, VOL. 7, ISSUE 6, JUNE 2021.
Currently, university students can read content from various social media sites; however, little is known about the relationship between students’ social media exposure and their valuation of sustainability in entrepreneurship and of environmental and social care as drivers of new venture creation. This research seeks to reduce this knowledge gap, evaluating discrepancies among undergraduates according to the intensity of their social media use. An online survey was applied to compare students’ perceptions based on their reading of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube. A total of 143 valid responses of students in business and engineering careers in Chile were analysed using the Mann-Whitney test, showing a difference in the perceptions of undergraduates who read social media content once a day or more.
ORS, FERLAL. ENVIROMENTAL EDUCATION AND THE ROLE OF MEDIA IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN TUERKEY. PROCEDIA – SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, VOL. 46, 2012, P. 1339-1342.
Environmental education starts within the family with the birth of the individual and continues throughout his primary and higher education. However, environmental education cannot be limited to formal educational institutions since an individual also acquires awareness through his social life and his social relationships. In this context, the media is an important tool in environmental education. It may even be thought of as a kind of school. In Turkey, discussions of the concepts of environment and environmental awareness are a very recent development. Therefore, Turkey’s experience in environmental education is fairly new. While primary school provides a semi-planned environmental education, it is obvious that in institutions of higher education environmental education is not adequate at all. Even though there are a great number of organizations engaged in environmental issues, their environmental education activities are inadequate.
OTTO, S.; PENSINI, P. NATURE-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN: ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND CONNECTEDNESS TO NATURE, TOGETHER, ARE RELATED TO ECOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, VOL. 47, NOVEMBER 2017, P. 88-94.
The promotion of environmental knowledge is viewed as a fundamental component of environmental education and a necessary prerequisite to ecological behaviour; however, it has little effect on actual behaviour. Nature-based environmental education, which combines the acquisition of environmental knowledge with the promotion of an intrinsic driver, namely connectedness to nature, is proposed as a holistic approach to increase ecological behaviour. This paper evaluates the effect of participation in nature-based environmental education in 4th to 6th graders (N = 255).
SIMEONE, M.; SCARPATO, D.SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION: HOW DOES SOCIAL MEDIA AFFECT FOOD CHOICES? JOURNAL OS CLEANER PRODUCTION, VOL. 277, DECEMBER 2020.
Social networks both negatively and positively affect a consumer’s behaviour and awareness of sustainable consumption. This research aims to interpret the multifaceted relationship between social media information and sustainable consumption in terms of food choices, environmental awareness, and consumer information, which is the novel contribution of this study. A survey of 162 individuals in Benevento, Italy, revealed how information from social media is linked to non-sustainable food behaviour. That is, variables that positively affect the probability that information is obtained through social networks are linked to behaviours that could be unsustainable from an environmental perspective.
TANG, C.; ABOSEDRA, S.; NAGHAVI, N.DOES THE QUALITY OF INSTITUTIONS AND EDUCATION STRENGTHEN THE QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT? EVIDENC FROM A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE. ENERGY, VOL. 218, MARCH 2021.
This paper explores the determinants of global environmental degradation by utilising a newly formulated conceptual framework to examine whether the quality of institutions in a country plays a moderating role on environmental degradation. This issue has become a widespread concern in academia but few studies have accounted for these moderating roles. This is the scientific novelty of this study in comparison to previously published works. The study utilises unbalanced panel data from 114 countries. The dynamic panel GMM estimator is deployed to estimate a newly constructed global environmental degradation model. Generally, our findings support the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis where we find the EKC has an inverted-U shape.
YOUNG, WILLIAM ET AL.CAN SOCIAL MEDIA BE A TOOL FOR REDUCING CONSUMERS’ FOOD WASTE? A BEHAVIOUR CHANGE EXPERIMENT BY A UK RETAILER. RESOURCES, CONSERVARION AND RECYCLING, VOL. 117, PART B, FEBRUARY 2017, P. 195-203.
This paper reports on a landmark study to field-test the influence of a large retailer to change the behaviour of its millions of customers. Previous studies have suggested that social media interaction can influence behaviour. This study implemented three interventions with messages to encourage reductions in food waste. The first was a social influence intervention that used the retailer’s Facebook pages to encourage its customers to interact. Two additional information interventions were used as a comparison through the retailer’s print/digital magazine and e-newsletter. Three national surveys tracked customers’ self-reported food waste one month before as well as two weeks after and five months after the interventions.
ZACHOS, GEORGIOS ET AL., SOCIAL MEDIA USE IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A REVIEW. MDPI – JOURNAL OF EDUCATION SCIENCES, VOL. 8, ISSUE 4, 2018.
Nowadays, social networks incessantly influence the lives of young people. Apart from entertainment and informational purposes, social networks have penetrated many fields of educational practices and processes. This review tries to highlight the use of social networks in higher education, as well as points out some factors involved. Moreover, through a literature review of related articles, we aim at providing insights into social network influences with regard to (a) the learning processes (support, educational processes, communication and collaboration enhancement, academic performance) from the side of students and educators; (b) the users’ personality profile and learning style; (c) the social networks as online learning platforms (LMS—learning management system); and (d) their use in higher education. The conclusions reveal positive impacts in all of the above dimensions, thus indicating that the wider future use of online social networks (OSNs) in higher education is quite promising. However, teachers and higher education institutions have not yet been highly activated towards faster online social networks’ (OSN) exploitation in their activities.