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2017 Conference

June 21–24, 2017

Tuscon, AZ

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Can a YouTube video lead to environmental change? Art on the Internet and Environmental attitudes, norms and beliefs

Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 10:30 AM–12:00 PM MDT
ENR2 S 223
Abstract

This paper presents results of an internet survey investigating the immediate impact of brief exposure to environmental art on the internet. The New Ecological Paradigm and other questions are used to measure respondents' environmental world views both before and after respondents are exposed to environmental art. Previous surveys have used digital images based on art works meant to be viewed in different settings (e.g. museums); this is the first study to use art intended to be viewed on the internet. In addition to simply seeing whether world views and beliefs change, the study contributes to the literature about the pathways via which environmental art affects environmental beliefs, attitudes, and world views. The study focuses on two possible pathways: provision of information and provokation of emotional indignation. It also investigates whether the impact of art differs by demographic characteristics, including race and ethnicity and gender.

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Robert W Turner, Colgate University

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Robert W Turner, Colgate University
Title of paper

Does seeing lead to believing? Art on the internet and environmental world views and beliefs

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