Perception of trustworthiness of the sources of information about Climate Change: A study in Tripura

Vol-3 | Issue-11 | November 2018 | Published Online: 10 November 2018    PDF ( 332 KB )
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1495105
Author(s)
Dr Deepak Upadhyaya 1

1Assistant Prof., Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, Agartala, Tripura (India)

Abstract

Media holds the key to reduce climate change by creating a positive perception among the people, as it can efficiently goad them to take adoptive action. This paper is a descriptive survey study among students of Tripura University who have trust upon the different sources of information about climate change and how they rate the trustworthiness of each of them with respect to their heavy and occasion use of mass media.

Keywords
Perception of students, Climate Change, Heavy Users of Mass Media Occasional Users of Mass Media, Trustworthiness
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