1st Edition
Sustainability Communication across Asia Fundamental Principles, Digital Strategies and Community Engagement
Table of contents
About the contributors
Introduction
Chapter 1
Sustainability Communication: West vs Asia
By Mohamad Saifudin Mohamad Saleh
Chapter 2
Language and Sustainability Communication
By Shaidatul Akma Adi Kasuma
Chapter 3
The Roles of the Sharing Economy in Promoting Sustainability Communication and Practices in China
By Zhang Tong, Huang Miao, and Mohamad Saifudin Mohamad Saleh
Chapter 4
Strategic Sustainability Communication Model of the Listed Companies in the Stock Exchange of Thailand
By Rittipol Kuntasuwun
Chapter 5
Persuasion in Sustainability Communication: A Study of Penang Green Council’s Initiatives
By Debbita Tan Ai Lin and Shaidatul Akma Adi Kasuma
Chapter 6
Ideating Sustainability Content in Social Media
By Nur Atikah A Rahman
Chapter 7
Into the Practices of Malaysian Gaming Influencers: Do They Promote Sustainable Development?
By Nurzali Ismail
Chapter 8
Virtual Exhibition of Indonesian Geopark as a Sustainability Communication Effort
By Eli Jamilah Mihardja, Togu S. Pardede, and Nurul Selen Azizah ASP
Chapter 9
Gamification and Sustainable Behaviour: A Case Study of China
By Huang Miao, Mohamad Saifudin Mohamad Saifudin and Izzal Asnira Zolkepli
Chapter 10
Factors Encouraging Journalists in Pursuing Sustainability Communication
By Anna Agustina and Adnan Hussein
Chapter 11
Community Radio and Climate Change in Indonesia
By Emilia Bassar and Impron
Chapter 12
Towards Sustainability in Corporate Social Responsibility
By Suriati Saad, Jamilah Ahmad & Mahadevan Krishnan
Chapter 13
Edutainment in Sustainability: Can Sustainability Communication also be Fun?
By Mohamad Saifudin Mohamad Saleh
Chapter 14
Communicating Science Information to the Fishing Community in the Philippines
By Joesyl Marie V. de la Cruz-Aranas, Rona Dhel Cabrias-Alingasa, and Daryl Lustracion Superio
Conclusion
Index
Biography
Mohamad Saifudin Mohamad Saleh holds a PhD degree in Environmental Communication from the Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany. Upon graduation in September 2016, he started his career as a senior lecturer at the School of Communication, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). He was appointed the deputy dean of Academic, Career, and International at the same school in 2022. His areas of specialisation are environmental communication, sustainability communication, and media and environmental non-governmental organisations (ENGOs). He recently completed his research on Islamic environmental communication in Malaysia and sustainable university branding. He is currently leading national research on sustainable lifestyles in Malaysia.
Nur Atikah A Rahman obtained her PhD in Mass Communication from Universiti Putra Malaysia. Her education background includes a Master of Arts in Communication (Advertising Strategy) and a Bachelor of Communication (Persuasive Advertising) from Universiti Sains Malaysia. In June 2020, she attained the Foundation Certificate from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA), Incorporated by Royal Charter, UK, which was funded by the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia (4As). The focus of her current research is on self-branding in the social media realm, the role of social media influencers in brand loyalty, creative content strategies, and advertising.
Shaidatul Akma Adi Kasuma completed her PhD in Arts Education at the Centre of Education Studies, University of Warwick, UK. Prior to that, she obtained her Master’s in Linguistics from Universiti Malaya, and Bachelor’s in Science with Education (TESL) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She is interested in the areas of technology in language learning, higher education, discourse analysis, and applied linguistics. Her publications are mainly on language learning education, and she looks forward to expanding her language and linguistics interest to more niche areas including language and sustainability communication in social media.
