Fatemeh Radan
Abstract
In the last few decades, the environment has always faced numerous threats and damage that put the human health and safety at risk. Such damages are due to human misconduct with Nature, which is rooted in his values and beliefs. Tehran subway is an important and effective part of the urban ...
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In the last few decades, the environment has always faced numerous threats and damage that put the human health and safety at risk. Such damages are due to human misconduct with Nature, which is rooted in his values and beliefs. Tehran subway is an important and effective part of the urban transportation system, with many people active in this section. The present descriptive research in a survey method is aimed at identifying the relationship between mass media and socio-economic variables with the environment-oriented attitude of Tehran Subway staff. Using a random sampling method and according to Krejcie & Morgan table, 379 samples were selected out of the population included 9000 employees of Tehran Subway in the summer of 1395. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the relevant professors and experts to this field and its reliability was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The results of this study showed a significant negative relationship between age and environmental attitudes. There is also a significant difference between the gender and the marital status of the people in relation to the environmental attitudes, while women and single individuals have a higher environmental attitude. There is also a significant positive relationship between using media and environmental attitudes, meaning the more mass media use the higher environmental attitude. The applied multi-variable regression showed that age, gender, marital status, employment status and average use of media are the elements effective on the environment-oriented attitudes of the Subway staff.
