Environmental Perceptions of College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Environmental Perceptions of College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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10.1080/00330124.2023.2258425
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2023-11
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Sydney Kaylor;Y. Elshorbany;Jennifer Collins;Robin Rives
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Sydney Kaylor;Y. Elshorbany;Jennifer Collins;Robin Rives
在这项研究中，我们调查了 COVID-19 大流行期间大学生的环境感知变化。 2020 年 3 月至 12 月期间，几乎全球范围内的封锁期间，许多学生的社会经济生活经历了巨大变化，这些变化影响了他们的福祉、学习能力和环境感知。学生从大学校园被遣送回家，许多企业被关闭，世界各地的环境都发生了变化。在许多地方，封锁政策改善了空气、水和土地质量，这主要是由于车辆和人为排放的减少。对南佛罗里达大学和佛罗里达州立大学的学生进行的一项在线调查显示，在 COVID-19 封锁后，大多数学生的环保意识变得更强，这表明观念发生了重大变化。学生的人口背景在影响他们的看法变化方面发挥了重要作用。此外，人们发现大众媒体影响了学生的看法，这表明媒体在引导公众舆论方面发挥着重要作用，特别是在大学生和千禧一代中。这项研究还强调了代表性不足的学生面临的环境问题，并呼吁制定政策在教育和社会经济层面解决这些问题。
In this study, we investigate the environmental perception changes in college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the almost worldwide lockdown between March and December 2020, many students experienced dramatic changes in their socioeconomic life that have affected their well-being, ability to learn, and environmental perceptions. Students were sent home from college campuses, many businesses were shut down, and changes were seen in the environment throughout the world. In many places, lockdown policies lead to improved air, water, and land quality, mainly due to fewer vehicle and anthropogenic emissions. An online survey conducted on students enrolled in the University of South Florida and Florida State University demonstrates that most students have become more environmentally conscious after the COVID-19 lockdown, indicating significant perception changes. The students’ demographic backgrounds played a major role in affecting their perception changes. Furthermore, mass media was found to have affected the student’s perceptions, which demonstrates the important role media plays in directing public opinion, especially among college students and millennia. This study also highlights the environmental issues that underrepresented students face and calls for policies to address them on both educational and socioeconomic levels.