Policy agenda setting and risk communication

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 67-88

  Bakir, Vian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brent Spar; Greenpeace; Oil; Policy agenda setting; Risk communication; Shell; Social amplification of risk framework (SARF); Transnational advocacy networks; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745467620     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: 1531328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X06289213     Document Type: Review

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