Oil spill recovery in the media: Missing an Alaska native perspective

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 767-783

  Widener, Patricia ^a   Gunter, Valerie J ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Natives; Chronic technological disaster; Media analysis; Oil spill; Recovery

Indexed keywords

MARGINALIZATION; MEDIA ROLE; OIL SPILL RESPONSE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548453728     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920701460325     Document Type: Article

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