Teleology on Television? Implicit Models of Evolution in Broadcast Wildlife and Nature Programmes

European Journal of Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 435-453

  Aldridge, Meryl ^a   Dingwall, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audience; Broadcasting genres; Documentary; Public understanding of science; Wildlife broadcasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344927016     PISSN: 02673231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0267323103184001     Document Type: Review

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