Green Social Media Campaigns: Influencing Consumers’ Attitudes and Behaviors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
2.1. Theoretical Background
Theory of Planned Behavior and Theory of Reasoned Action
2.2. Sustainable Marketing
2.3. Hypotheses Construction
2.3.1. Green Campaign Characteristics and Consumers’ Attitudes toward Green Tourism Advertising
2.3.2. Perceived Usefulness and Consumers’ Attitudes toward Green Tourism
2.3.3. Consumers’ Attitude toward Green Tourism and Green Consumer Behavior
2.3.4. Moderating Role of Environmental Concerns
3. Methodology
3.1. Research Design
3.2. Data Collection and Data Analytics
3.3. Scales and Measurements
4. Results
4.1. Reliability and Validity Measures
4.2. Hypothesis Testing
4.3. Moderation Analysis
5. Discussion and Conclusions
5.1. Implications
5.2. Conclusions, Limitations and Future Research
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Items | Narration | FL | CR | ALPHA | AVE |
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Informativeness | INF1 | Social media advertisement is a good source of product information. | 0.782 | 0.952 | 0.948 | 0.666 |
INF2 | Social media advertisement supplies relevant product information. | 0.750 | ||||
INF3 | Social media advertisements provide timely information. | 0.638 | ||||
INF4 | Social media advertisement is a good source of up-to-date product information. | 0.748 | ||||
Environmental Concerns | EC1 | I am extremely worried about the state of the world’s environment and what it will mean for my future. | 0.739 | 0.864 | 0.859 | 0.567 |
EC2 | When humans interfere with nature, it often produces disastrous consequences. | 0.785 | ||||
EC3 | Mankind is severely abusing the environment(R). | 0.733 | ||||
Attitude toward Green tourism | AD1 | I feel good about buying tourism plans which are less damaging to the environment. | 0.693 | 0.944 | 0.940 | 0.706 |
AD2 | I am willing to make a special effort to buy tourism products which are made from recycled materials. | 0.790 | ||||
AD3 | I will prefer environmentally friendly tourism products over non-environmentally friendly tourism products in the case that the product quality is similar. | 0.802 | ||||
AD4 | I am willing to make a special effort to buy chemicals such as detergents and cleaning solutions that are environmentally friendly. | 0.815 | ||||
AD5 | Products labeled as ‘environmentally safe’ or ‘ecological’ are just to attract and sell. | 0.814 | ||||
AD6 | Most of the environmental claims made by the marketers are confusing. | 0.824 | ||||
Consumer Green Behavior | CGB1 | I always use disposable tableware during trips. | 0.829 | 0.950 | 0.947 | 0.552 |
CGB2 | I try to buy high-efficiency rechargeable lights to save energy for trips. | 0.875 | ||||
CGB3 | I try to buy energy-efficient appliances. | 0.823 | ||||
CGB4 | I always reuse paper bags or plastic bags during trips. | 0.783 | ||||
CGB5 | I always reuse the water on my trips. | 0.795 | ||||
Perceived Usefulness | PU1 | Using a social media tourism service is an efficient way to plan my trip. | 0.799 | 0.937 | 0.933 | 0.747 |
PU2 | Using a social media platform makes my life easier. | 0.812 | ||||
PU3 | Overall, using a social media app is a useful way to plan a trip. | 0.819 | ||||
PU4 | It is easy to find what I want through social media. | 0.854 |
CR | AVE | INF | PU | EC | AD | CGB | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Informativeness | 0.952 | 0.666 | 0.816 | ||||
Perceived usefulness | 0.937 | 0.747 | 0.022 | 0.864 | |||
Environmental concerns | 0.864 | 0.567 | 0.131 | 0.080 | 0.753 | ||
Attitude toward green tourism | 0.944 | 0.706 | 0.287 | 0.094 | 0.171 | 0.840 | |
Customer’s green behavior | 0.950 | 0.552 | 0.200 | 0.004 | 0.059 | 0.092 | 0.743 |
SR | Relation | SD | T Value | p-Value | Accepted/ Not Accepted |
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H1a | Information content → attitude toward green tourism | 0.179 | 2.479 | 0.001 | Accepted |
H1b | Persuasiveness → attitude toward green tourism | 0.214 | 3.687 | 0.001 | Accepted |
H2 | Perceived usefulness → attitude toward green tourism | 0.278 | 3.989 | 0.001 | Accepted |
H3 | Attitude toward green tourism → consumer’s green behavior | 0.312 | 4.211 | 0.001 | Accepted |
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Ummar, R.; Shaheen, K.; Bashir, I.; Ul Haq, J.; Bonn, M.A. Green Social Media Campaigns: Influencing Consumers’ Attitudes and Behaviors. Sustainability 2023, 15, 12932. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151712932
Ummar R, Shaheen K, Bashir I, Ul Haq J, Bonn MA. Green Social Media Campaigns: Influencing Consumers’ Attitudes and Behaviors. Sustainability. 2023; 15(17):12932. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151712932
Chicago/Turabian StyleUmmar, Rakhshan, Kanwal Shaheen, Iram Bashir, Junaid Ul Haq, and Mark A. Bonn. 2023. "Green Social Media Campaigns: Influencing Consumers’ Attitudes and Behaviors" Sustainability 15, no. 17: 12932. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151712932
APA StyleUmmar, R., Shaheen, K., Bashir, I., Ul Haq, J., & Bonn, M. A. (2023). Green Social Media Campaigns: Influencing Consumers’ Attitudes and Behaviors. Sustainability, 15(17), 12932. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151712932