The life of an environmental strategist : an observation study from an environmental communicator’s perspective

This thesis is based on an internship at Södertälje Municipality. During three weeks I have observed and interviewed the environmental strategists in order to understand their view on communication. I have also dug deeper into one of the projects to get a better understanding of their work. Most of...

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Main Author: Jaensson, Stina
Format: H1
Language:Inglés
Published: SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development 2009
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description This thesis is based on an internship at Södertälje Municipality. During three weeks I have observed and interviewed the environmental strategists in order to understand their view on communication. I have also dug deeper into one of the projects to get a better understanding of their work. Most of the strategists’ out-turning projects are based on a classical communication model where the focus is on the sender and on the messages they want to deliver. This model does not take the receivers perspective into account and is therefore difficult to use when trying to changes people’s behavior. According to for example McKenzie-Mohr and Nitsch, it is important with communication in order to make a change and take the target group’s perspective. During my time in Södertälje I have realized that there are several barriers for not communicating. Time constrains, resources and lack of knowledge are some factors which make this work difficult. With some more efforts on communication in the environmental strategists’ work in Södertälje they can though be able to take others perspectives, get feedback and hopefully give people the tools to change behavior and act in a more sustainable way.
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spelling RepoSLU4562012-04-20T14:09:42Z The life of an environmental strategist : an observation study from an environmental communicator’s perspective En miljöstrategs liv : en observationsstudie från en miljökommunikatörs perspektiv Jaensson, Stina Environmental communication municipality environmental strategist barriers perspective This thesis is based on an internship at Södertälje Municipality. During three weeks I have observed and interviewed the environmental strategists in order to understand their view on communication. I have also dug deeper into one of the projects to get a better understanding of their work. Most of the strategists’ out-turning projects are based on a classical communication model where the focus is on the sender and on the messages they want to deliver. This model does not take the receivers perspective into account and is therefore difficult to use when trying to changes people’s behavior. According to for example McKenzie-Mohr and Nitsch, it is important with communication in order to make a change and take the target group’s perspective. During my time in Södertälje I have realized that there are several barriers for not communicating. Time constrains, resources and lack of knowledge are some factors which make this work difficult. With some more efforts on communication in the environmental strategists’ work in Södertälje they can though be able to take others perspectives, get feedback and hopefully give people the tools to change behavior and act in a more sustainable way. SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development 2009 H1 eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/456/
spellingShingle Environmental communication
municipality
environmental strategist
barriers
perspective
Jaensson, Stina
The life of an environmental strategist : an observation study from an environmental communicator’s perspective
title The life of an environmental strategist : an observation study from an environmental communicator’s perspective
title_full The life of an environmental strategist : an observation study from an environmental communicator’s perspective
title_fullStr The life of an environmental strategist : an observation study from an environmental communicator’s perspective
title_full_unstemmed The life of an environmental strategist : an observation study from an environmental communicator’s perspective
title_short The life of an environmental strategist : an observation study from an environmental communicator’s perspective
title_sort life of an environmental strategist : an observation study from an environmental communicator’s perspective
topic Environmental communication
municipality
environmental strategist
barriers
perspective