Environmental content in prime-time network tv’s non-news entertainment and fictional programs

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 533-542

  McComas, Katherine A ^a   Shanahan, James ^b   Butler, Jessica S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Environmentalism; Mass media; Narrative; Nature; Television

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; MEDIA ROLE; TELEVISION;

EID: 0034924726     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920119172     Document Type: Article

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