A Qualitative Exploration of Individual Experiences of Environmental Virtual Reality Through the Lens of Psychological Distance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21193003 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Urooj Raja (0000-0002-1745-6827, University of Colorado Boulder, corresponding author), Amanda R Carrico (0000-0001-8571-8238, University of Colorado Boulder) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 594-609 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-4032 • E-ISSN: 1752-4040 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17524032.2020.1871052 |
| OpenAlex | W3121853059 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 35 |
How to increase public engagement in environmental issues is a central question in environmental communication and environmental psychology literatures. Psychological distance (PD) is one potential barrier to public engagement. PD describes the perceptual distance between a person’s experience and an external target. Immersive technologies such as virtual reality (VR) have the potential to shrink PD. Yet, we know little about how people perceive and react to an environmental VR experience or about the role that PD plays in these reactions. To address this gap, we use interviews and focus groups to examine how people react to a VR experience about ocean acidification. We find that PD is prevalent in the reactions of VR users, especially first-time users, and that 62% of participants described feeling psychologically close to ocean acidification
Environmental communication · Environmental Psychology · Feeling · Human–computer interaction · Perception · Political science · Public engagement · Public relations · Virtual machine · Virtual reality · Applied Psychology · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |