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dc.contributor.authorBogueva, Diana
dc.contributor.authorMarinova, Dora
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-01T09:49:36Z
dc.date.available2020-09-01T09:49:36Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationBogueva, D. and Marinova, D. 2020. Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) for responding to climate change. Sustainability. 12: Article No. 6947.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80833
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su12176947
dc.description.abstract

Most climate change messages depict a picture of the devastating effects that anthropogenic activities have on the environment, expecting to mobilise human action. Built on the daunting scientific evidence, these gloomy messages can potentially emotionally harm a young audience. By contrast, this study explores the impact of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) as an innovative marketing technique to communicate positive climate change messages. This study investigates whether ASMR could be used to encourage pro-environmental behaviour and create social bonding among young people. An ASMR video and two series of interviews with high school students were conducted in Sydney, Australia. The results show that the participants are divided in their opinion about the effectiveness of ASMR. Although all see ASMR as a completely new world in marketing, some are of the opinion that it can influence positive climate change behaviours while others are reluctant to accept it as a way to encourage action. Given the vastness and urgency of the climate change agenda, this novel marketing technique can find its way in promoting pro-environmental behaviours by utilising positive messaging and influencing a section of the young population.

dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject1205 - Urban and Regional Planning
dc.titleAutonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) for responding to climate change
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume12
dcterms.source.issn2071-1050
dcterms.source.titleSustainability
dc.date.updated2020-09-01T09:49:36Z
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© 2020 The Authors. Published by MDPI Publishing.

curtin.departmentSchool of Design and the Built Environment
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Humanities
curtin.contributor.orcidMarinova, Dora [0000-0001-5125-8878]
curtin.contributor.researcheridMarinova, Dora [H-2093-2013]
curtin.identifier.article-number6947
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridMarinova, Dora [6701561637]


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