Vegan Cyber community in Thailand (VECY) | [Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences • 2025]

Author(s):

1. Wilawan Si: Department of Environment Education, Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahasarakham University,44150,Thailand

Abstract:

Food Literacy associates healthy eating daily. Vegan is a person who does not eat any animal products but American Dietetic Association planned vegan are healthful. Thailand has population about 66 million and being adults 44.97%. Although teenager is only 12.48% (8 million), this group will be adults mostly. It is very important to make them awareness of vegan and be healthy life. The purposed of research were develop and determine the impact of digital training program on the awareness of Vegan Literacy among teenagers in Thailand. Participants were teenagers of undergraduate students in Environmental Education Program at Mahasarkham University, Thailand (n=66). The training program consisted of 15 weeks with 1 hour per week (15 hours). Teenager experienced vegan literacy by building the vegan digital multimedia project. The Vegan digital media productions presented valuable details about vegan, name, total of eating, benefits for health, place of planning with sound, text, moving picture. The findings found that the training program was effective. Teenagers aware of Vegan Food with gaining knowledge, and positive satisfaction after training. There are three groups of vegan food from vegetables, fruits, and animal. There were 14 named of vegetables as Mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), Radish (Raphanus sativus), Kale (Brassica oleracea). There were 8 named of fruits as Dragon Fruit (Hylocercus megalanthus), Apple (Malus domestica), Kiwi (Actinidia chinesis). There were 2 named of grains as Black bean (Phaseolus mungo), Soybean (Glycine max). Digital vegan literacy can improve new generation of teenagers, Thailand to aware vegan literacy with increasing digital skills.

Page(s): 840-846

DOI: 10.57239/PJLSS-2025-23.2.00215

Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Year: 2025

Keywords:

Vegan Literacy Teenagers Thailand Digital Literacy

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