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DOI	10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.110908
	Making sense of microplastics? Public understandings of plastic pollution
	Henderson L.; Green C.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0025326X
卷号	152
英文摘要	This paper explores people's knowledge and understandings of microplastics; the role of media in framing perceptions and socio-cultural dimensions to popular solutions to reduce single-use plastics. We conducted 6 focus groups (2016–17) involving participants with no obvious knowledge of microplastics and some with special interest. Most people were unaware of microplastics though environmentally conscious participants had heard of microbeads due to media reporting concerning regulation. Few made connections between their personal use of plastics and ocean pollution. Plastic pollution was associated with macro-plastic ‘islands’ in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and powerful media images of charismatic wildlife entanglement remote from participants lives. The scale of microplastics (not easily detected), poor understanding of the science behind microplastics and cultural ideas about healthy and appropriate behaviour presents barriers to change. Science communicators, NGOs, industry and policy makers must take account of media representations and the culturally embedded nature of plastics in society. © 2018
英文关键词	Media; Microplastics; Plastic; Pollution; Public; Risk
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Elastomers; Marine pollution; Plastics; Plastics industry; Pollution; Risks; Garbage patches; Media; Media representation; Microplastics; Plastic pollutions; Public; Public understanding; Science communicators; Microplastic; microplastic; plastic; marine policy; marine pollution; mass media; plastic waste; policy making; pollution effect; pollution monitoring; Article; controlled study; environmental impact; environmental policy; marine environment; microplastic pollution; plastic waste; sea pollution; water analysis; water quality; environmental monitoring; pollution; waste; water pollutant; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Pollution; Garbage; Microplastics; Plastics; Water Pollutants, Chemical
来源期刊	Marine Pollution Bulletin
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/149200
作者单位	Institute for the Environment, Health & Societies, Brunel University London, Marie Jahoda Building (MJ144), Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, United Kingdom; Department of Social and Political Sciences, College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences, Brunel University London, Marie Jahoda Building (MJ144), Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, United Kingdom
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Henderson L.,Green C.. Making sense of microplastics? Public understandings of plastic pollution[J],2020,152.
APA	Henderson L.,&Green C..(2020).Making sense of microplastics? Public understandings of plastic pollution.Marine Pollution Bulletin,152.
MLA	Henderson L.,et al."Making sense of microplastics? Public understandings of plastic pollution".Marine Pollution Bulletin 152(2020).