RT Journal Article
T1 Climate change literacy and commitment in Spanish university students.
A1 Almansa-Martínez, Ana María
A1 López Gómez, Sara
A1 Castillo-Esparcia, Antonio
K1 Estudiantes universitarios - Opiniones sobre cambios climáticos
AB Purpose – This paper aims to find out if there is a relationship between access to climate change informationand student activism.Design/methodology/approach – Exploratory study focused on the survey of 400 [n 5 400] students from10 universities in Spain from April to May 2022. A questionnaire with 19 questions was divided into blocks ofknowledge, awareness, and action and bivariate analysis with a margin of error of ±5% and a confidence levelof 95%.Findings –The greater the degree of information received, the greater the activism of university students, whotend to use digital media and social networks to get informed. However, they perceive that the universitygenerates little information and a low number of activities related to climate change. Students demand thatuniversities implement informal, formal, and service-learning environmental education strategies onsustainable consumption.Research limitations/implications – Given the results of previous studies showing the variable “type ofdegree” does not show differences at the beginning and end of studies, it has not been considered in thisresearch. Nevertheless, it would be convenient to introduce it in future investigations to confirm if this mayhave an impact on informational habits.Practical implications – This paper urges universities to act as sources of environmental education, giventhe relationship between the information received and the pro-environmental attitudes of students.Social implications – The universities are powerful social actors that can shape public and politicaldiscourses for eco-social transition.Originality/value – This research adds the variable access to information in studies on pro-environmentalattitudes. Furthermore, this research provides data about student perceptions of the university, government,industry, and NGO climate actions.
PB Emerald
YR 2024
FD 2024-01-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/28575
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/28575
LA eng
NO Almansa-Martínez, A., López-Gómez, S. and Castillo-Esparcia, A. (2024), "Climate change literacy and commitment in Spanish university students", Journal of Communication Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCOM-07-2022-0081
NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga / CBUA
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 4 mar 2026