DISCUSSION
The responses of this study support the findings of Doria (2010) and Park, Scherer, &
Glynn (2001), that the influence of impersonal source of information and physical location on
bottled water drinking behavior is less than that of interpersonal source of information and
education. As figure 1 indicates, mass media does not have significant influence on the behavior
of the respondents. Among the nine respondents who acquired their beliefs from mass media, 4
of them reported that they drink bottled water, and five reported they do not drink bottled water.
This result supports the study of Park, Scherer, & Glynn (2001) that people’s beliefs are not