Originating from anti-littering campaigns, can propaganda, with the intention to educate consumers about their responsibilities for environmental pollution, actually make corporations be viewed by the public as less liable? Does this occurrence change based on curriculum in biology which has been modified to encompass global health?
There is a problem with littering in Washington state. Despite new green trends to improve the role of individuals’ environmental impact, landfills are filling up and pollution is occurring. This problem has negatively impacted countless lives ranging from animals to humans, as well as the earth itself. Exhibited when considering the negative health consequences of litter which directly affect the lifespan of living things and the quality of the environment. A possible cause of this problem is a lack of responsibility individuals feel towards their environmental impact. Perhaps a study which investigates the correlation between merchandisers or consumers and the litter produced through their means could remedy this situation. This proposition would be able to display who’s obligated to fix the littering problem in Washington based on feedback. The blame which both the consumers and the merchandisers’ place on each other. For the purpose of finding where the responsibilities of this littering epidemic lie in order to provide research which could be further used to develop a solution to the overall problem of littering and explain why there is so much confusion about the roles played in the fixing of environmental dilemmas.
Data collected through this research identifies if anti-littering campaign propaganda can sway students into feeling responsible for litter and pollution produced, even if percentage-wise the influence the public has on those environmentally harmful factors is subordinate. This has the potential to make public awareness regarding how their perspectives have been influenced to decrease the liability other sources have in pollution. This study also assesses how using global health as a core component in high school biology affects students’ perspective on pollution and litter. The information produced through the research can conclude if these new educational requirements inform students and reinforce a broader outlook on the root of the cause environmental problems. Through this, biology curriculums can be refined to prosper comprehension about the discrepancy in the question: who is responsible for pollution? In order to solve the problem of litter, it is necessary to produce key information. Understanding who is considered responsible in the dispute over litter is vital because it provides needed insight into resolvement. If corporations’ involvement in creating anti-littering campaigns relinquishes the community’s outlook of those corporations’ participation in causing litter, then that must be addressed. To fix this environmental dilemma there is a need to overcome the stigma surrounding the origin source. Until this is done, there is no overcoming litter production. This research could provide a path to improving regulations in environmental policy, pending the results of this research. This investigation would be regarded in that it acknowledges where researchers should invest their effort to produce the most positive environmental outcome. Overall by recognizing how corporations can divert the blame from themselves onto the public, efficiency would be improved to focus on the real generators of this littering epidemic.
Kiera Thorne
My hypothesis asserts that the group which is shown anti-littering propaganda will more likely respond claiming the fault is the consumer/individual, while the control group not shown anything will respond claiming business/corporations are liable.
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My independent variable will be the to be determined propaganda from an anti-littering campaign observed by Group 2. Group 1 will not view the propaganda and therefore be the control group. From this, the Mediating variable is the type of education the student has received in the biology curriculum. The dependent variable is the free-response answer, more specifically who the participants feel is liable for littering/pollution. Considering the question is free response, the measurement will be conducted using a rubric. This type of data collection will include rating scales for assessing types of answers. This rubric will be designed and finalized after the proposal in order to prove its reliability.
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