The relative importance of home, school, and traditional mass media sources in elevating youth energy awareness

Applied Energy

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 409-416

  Zyadin, Anas ^a   Puhakka, Antero ^a   Halder, Pradipta ^a   Ahponen, Pirkkoliisa ^a   Pelkonen, Paavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Energy saving; Jordan; Mass media; Parents; School students

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; STUDENTS;

JORDAN; MASS MEDIA; PARENTS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; PRINCIPLE COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SCHOOL STUDENTS; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; KNOWLEDGE; MASS MEDIA; POLICY MAKING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SURVEY;

JORDAN;

EID: 84886444842     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.09.072     Document Type: Article

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