CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Oshiro Minei, Alessandra Yoshimi |
|---|---|
| Title | Electric Vehicles and Ethical Consumption: An Experimental Study on the Effects of Socio-Environmental Cost Information on Attitudes Towards Electric Mobility and Political Engagement |
| Summary | The present thesis is concerned with the effects of information about the socio-environmental costs of electric vehicle production on positive attitudes towards electric vehicles, and political engagement intention. To answer this question, an online experiment (n=229) was conducted in Norway. Participants were randomly assigned a treatment with varying amounts of infor- mation (with solutions vs. without solutions) about the socio-environmental consequences of lithium extraction in Chile. Additionally, two different framings for the solutions were used (technological vs. political), thus resulting in four groups in total. The effect of the treatment on the dependent variables (i.e., positive attitudes towards electric vehicles, support for poli- cies encouraging electric vehicle adoption, and willingness to be politically engaged) is tested by using twelve multiple linear models. Null-hypotheses could not be rejected. However, un- expected findings suggest that cosmopolitan, justice, and environmental attitudes, as well as having environmental motivations for electric vehicle are positively associated with political engagement intention. A paradoxical, yet not significant, effect of information on political en- gagement intentions was also found. Overall, these unexpected results are useful for informing future research in the field. |
| Supervisor | Angelova, Mariyana |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/oshiro_alessandra.pdf |
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