Conspicuous redemption? Reflections on the promises and perils of the 'Celebritization' of climate change

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-406

  Boykoff, Maxwell T ^a   Goodman, Michael K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Celebrity; Climate change; Consumption; Discourse; Framing; Media; Science policy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

EID: 67349198860     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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