Diverged Preferences towards Sustainable Development Goals? A Comparison between Academia and the Communication Industry

Shin-Cheng Yeh, Haw-Jeng Chiou, Ai-Wei Wu, Ho-Ching Lee and Homer C. Wu
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Shin-Cheng Yeh: Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 11677, Taiwan
Haw-Jeng Chiou: Department of Business Administration, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 10645, Taiwan
Ai-Wei Wu: Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 11677, Taiwan
Ho-Ching Lee: Graduate Institute of Construction Engineering and Management, National Central University, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan
Homer C. Wu: Graduate Program of Sustainable Tourism & Recreation Management, National Taichung University of Education, Taichung 40359, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 22, 1-21

Abstract: To understand how the sustainable development goals (SDGs) are involved and cited in different fields, the current study aimed to explore the key SDGs and SDG-pairs from the viewpoints of academia and the media. The academic publications with SDG(s)-related keywords in the Scopus database and the entry videos of the “2018 SDG Lions” were collected and analyzed through content and network analysis. It was found that SDG 3 and SDG 10 shared the highest preferences in both industries, but apparent gaps happened to SDG 5. The tied frequencies of the possible SDG pairs were also examined, and SDG 3-10 was identified taking the lead in both industries. Network analysis using degree centrality as the vital parameter demonstrated that SDG 8 and SDG 5 has strong connections with several SDGs for the academia and the media, respectively. The SDG-2-6-7 combination or “water-energy-food” nexus was also found the most frequent combination of three SDGs in the academia. Overall, SDG 3 can be treated as a unifying theme when seeking to acquire evidence-based knowledge for integrated implementation of the SDGs. Important implications for policy-making of the SDGs were also discussed.

Keywords: sustainable development goals (SDGs); health and well-being; inequality; academic publications; the media industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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