Saving the Oceans: Combatting Pollution and Raising Awareness through the Mass Media

Name Institutional affiliations Date Oceans form an essential part of human existence. Half of the oxygen in the atmosphere is provided by the oceans while providing habitation to millions of species. For these reasons, oceans ought to be protected. But on the contrary, the oceans have been neglected, and humans are slowly killing these massive waters (Johns and Jacquet, 2018). The mass media stands a higher ground of informing the public on the importance of marine conservation. Mainly, pollution is a result of human activity. Through the proper channels, information could be passed, and people could be more cautious about ocean conservation activities (Stoll-Kleemann, 2019). Unfortunately, the mass media is usually a vital organ in which such information could be passed across, but its effectiveness is lacking as far as marine conservation is concerned. The most severe pollution in the oceans is plastics, and the mass media has its