Portrayals of engineers in "Science Times"

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-21

  Clark, Fiona ^a   Illman, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING;

ENGINEERS;

EID: 33645238291     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTAS.2006.1607718     Document Type: Article

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