Can We Tweet, Post, and Share Our Way to a More Sustainable Society? A Review of the Current Contributions and Future Potential of #socialmediaforsustainability

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 363-397

  Pearson, Elissa ^a   Tindle, Hayley ^a   Ferguson, Monika ^a   Ryan, Jillian ^a   Litchfield, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Conservation psychology; Environmental education; Environmental psychology; Persuasive technology; Social media; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; PERSUASIVE TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84992176861     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-110615-090000     Document Type: Article

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