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Population News Media Strategy
PMC has developed a program to place population experts and ecological economists on talk shows and news interviews in order to better inform the American people about population issues and the ramifications of continued population growth.
Download a copy of the Population Talking Points, a list of key talking points on the issue of population.
Listen to interviews with population experts here.
This Population News Media Strategy will include distribution of editorial columns by population experts via the Cagle Syndication Service to its 800 subscribing U.S. newspapers and magazines. This service has distributed a series of editorials on population issues generated by PMC, including two by PMC president William Ryerson, an editorial from Dr. Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund on World Population Day (July 11, 2005), plus columns by former Colorado governor Richard Lamm; Lindsey Grant, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population and Environment; and attorney John Rohe.
In addition to this project, PMC is distributing frequent news articles and editorials about population and global sustainability issues to a global list of population-concerned individuals and institutions. This email service has generated a flood of letters reacting to both negative and positive statements by political leaders, the news media, environmental leaders, and others. Individuals can sign up for the mailing here. You can view many of these articles and editorials on our blog.
PMC works with Roper to Conduct a Nationwide Poll on “U.S. Attitudes on Population”
Our planet faces unprecedented challenges, including climate change, food and water shortages, and a severe energy crisis. But while the urgency of addressing these issues is undisputed, many people in the United States fail to understand how overpopulation aggravates these problems. A recent nationwide Roper Poll commissioned by Population Media Center found that the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of the U.S. public on the issue of population are ambivalent or even contradictory.
A nationally representative sample of 1,011 U.S. residents age 18 and over participated in the survey June 13-15, 2008. People in the United States are split when it comes to the impact of population growth on the environment. For example, just over half of survey respondents believe that there is a strong link between a growing global population and climate change. Similarly, respondents are divided about whether population growth will impact the availability of resources for their children in the future.
While the survey data showed a divide in U.S. attitudes about the issue of population, the data also showed that young people (age 18–24) are ahead of their elders in recognizing the pressure population growth puts on the environment and resources. For example, 60 percent of 18–24-year-olds understand that there is a strong link between a growing global population and climate change, compared with only 40 percent of people over the age of 65. And 75 percent of these young people agree, at a significantly higher level than all other age brackets, that population growth is causing an increased demand for energy and contributing to increases in oil and gas prices.
View the complete Results from PMC and Roper Poll on “U.S. Attitudes on Population.”
