Climate whispers: Media communication about climate change

Climatic Change

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 421-456

  Henderson Sellers, A ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MEDIA INDUSTRY;

EID: 0031797586     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005384523305     Document Type: Article

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