The Connection Between Environmental Documentary Viewing and Conservation Behavior
Inspiring people to take pro-environmental behaviors is a complex task. To inspire conservation behaviors, documentaries can have a much broader reach than other types of environmental experiences, such as ecotourism. Documentaries could contribute to how humans perceive and interact with the environment. While not everyone can afford to participate in ecotourism activities, a well-made nature documentary could potentially engage a large number of viewers nearly as much as an encounter in the natural environment would.