Television wildlife programming as a source of popular scientific information: A case study of evolution

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-152

  Dingwall, Robert ^a   Aldridge, Meryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33644927247     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662506060588     Document Type: Article

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