Digital forest recreation in the metaverse: Opportunities and challenges

W Jaung - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2022 - Elsevier
The metaverse could provide a new way of interacting with nature through immersive three-
dimensional virtual worlds. This digital nature recreation has the potential to shape users' …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of the psychological distance of climate change: Towards the development of an evidence-based construct

E Keller, JE Marsh, BH Richardson, LJ Ball - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The construct of psychological distance has gained traction as an explanation of why climate
change is difficult to act on; it often feels far removed, with impacts arising in remote …

Seeing the invisible hand: Underlying effects of COVID-19 on tourists' behavioral patterns

Z Li, S Zhang, X Liu, M Kozak, J Wen - Journal of Destination Marketing & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Given growing attention toward the effects on COVID-19 on tourism, a number of institutions
have made macro-level predictions related to the disease. More micro-level research are …

[HTML][HTML] Bridging psychological distance: The impact of immersive media on distant and proximal environmental issues

P Breves, H Schramm - Computers in Human Behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing psychological distance from environmental issues is often used to explain the
lack of pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors in today's society. According to construal …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the use of virtual reality to support environmentally sustainable behavior: A framework to design experiences

GW Scurati, M Bertoni, S Graziosi, F Ferrise - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The current and future challenges of sustainable development require a massive
transformation of habits and behaviors in the whole society at many levels. This demands a …

So far yet so near: Exploring the effects of immersion, presence, and psychological distance on empathy and prosocial behavior

HM Lee, BJ Li - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2023 - Elsevier
Immersive media are often lauded for their ability to induce empathy and encourage
prosocial behavior, yet the theoretical mechanisms underlying why immersion may lead to …

After the virtual flood: Risk perceptions and flood preparednessafter virtual reality risk communication

JM Mol, WJW Botzen, JE Blasch - Judgment and Decision Making, 2022 - cambridge.org
Many individuals experience problems understanding and preparing for low-probability/high-
impact risk, like natural disasters and pandemics–unless they experience these events, yet …

The spread of fake science: Lexical concreteness, proximity, misinformation sharing, and the moderating role of subjective knowledge

A Williams Kirkpatrick - Public Understanding of Science, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The spread of science misinformation harms efforts to mitigate threats like climate change or
coronavirus. Construal-level theory suggests that mediated messages can prime …

Gameful green: a systematic review on the use of serious computer games and gamified mobile apps to foster pro-environmental information, attitudes and behaviors

Ș Boncu, OS Candel, NL Popa - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
As the issues related to climate change intensify, new methods to raise awareness of
environmental issues, foster pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors, and offer a viable …

Promoting systems thinking and pro-environmental policy support through serious games

P Sajjadi, MM Bagher, JG Myrick… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
We evaluated whether teaching the public about the “critical zone”–the Earth's outer skin,
critical to all life—via a digital serious game can affect adults' systems thinking about the …