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How Can Internet Use and Environmental Risk Perception Encourage Pro-Environmental Behaviors? The Mediating Role of Government Performance Perception
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School of International Affairs and Public Administration, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100, China
 
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School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University, Qingdao, 266237, China
 
 
Submission date: 2022-04-24
 
 
Final revision date: 2022-06-25
 
 
Acceptance date: 2022-07-19
 
 
Online publication date: 2022-09-26
 
 
Publication date: 2022-12-08
 
 
Corresponding author
Qingduo Mao   

School of International Affairs and Public Administration, Ocean University of China, China
 
 
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2022;31(6):5621-5631
 
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This paper explores the relationship between Internet use, environmental risk perception, government performance perception, and pro-environmental behaviors. Survey data from the Chinese General Social Survey 2013 was used to test relevant hypotheses. The results show that: (1) Internet use has significant positive effects on environmental risk perception and pro-environmental behaviors. (2) Internet use and environmental risk perception have significant negative effects on public perception about the government’s environmental performance. (3) Government performance perception has a significant positive effect on pro-environmental behaviors and negatively mediates the effect of Internet use and environmental risk perception on pro-environmental behaviors. The findings suggest that increasing the government’s environmental performance exposure can stimulate public engagement in pro-environmental behaviors, thus facilitating the implementation of environmental policies requiring citizen engagement.
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