Curriculum Planning
S>R. Ameli; A. Bicharanlou; M. Bahar; F. Gholami
Abstract
It is well known that environmental problems, including water crisis, nowadays are much important to natural science as to social science. This research is to study the theoretical relationship between communication and water and the potentialities of water communication as an interdisciplinary area ...
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It is well known that environmental problems, including water crisis, nowadays are much important to natural science as to social science. This research is to study the theoretical relationship between communication and water and the potentialities of water communication as an interdisciplinary area to manage water crisis in Iran. Herve-Bazin ' water communication model as a suitable pattern for depicting the theoretical approaches explaining water communication issues, considers this discipline as an intersection of environment communication, development communication, risk communication, health communication, science communication, public communication, political communication, law and responsible communication. Explaining the various aspects of water issues in Iran, this paper proposes a promoted model containing different theoretical areas on water communication. At the end, it concludes that Iranian environmental journalists and media activists can change the constructivist approaches to water crisis and catch more attention to social and cultural aspects of water crisis by focusing on the strategic communications in designing messages related to water crisis in media outlets.
Humanities and Development
H. Abdollahyan; Z. Asadi
Abstract
This paper addresses the issue of using ICTs to improve environmental standards of Iran. The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of ICTs on Iranians’ environmental adaptation. The paper contributes to the production of knowledge in the area of promoting sustainable development ...
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This paper addresses the issue of using ICTs to improve environmental standards of Iran. The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of ICTs on Iranians’ environmental adaptation. The paper contributes to the production of knowledge in the area of promoting sustainable development based on the necessities of Iran's environment. We used a theoretical synthesis that establishes a logical link between ecological sustainability, community empowerment, and participatory development. Methodologically, we committed to Jensen and Jankowski’s approach while using a quantitative approach to collect data. Some of the findings indicate that the use of ICTs has a direct and significant effect on the friendly approach of the people towards the environment (r = 0.4). On the other hand, the mean effect of ICTs on information capital is 22.84, and the mean effect of ICTs on environmental awareness is 25.62. Also, the mean impact of ICTs on environmental empowerment (26.40) and the mean effect of ICTs on environmental participation (53.61) show a higher range than the expected mean. It means that there is good awareness of the application of ICTs in Iran’s environment. Moreover, an analysis of the structural equations modeling shows that ICTs with a path coefficient of β = 0.58 affected information capital. Different results indicate that information capital affects environmental awareness, environmental empowerment, and environmental participation with the path coefficients of β = 0.65, β = 0.45 and β = 0.52 respectively.
