Global warmingĝ€"global responsibility? Media frames of collective action and scientific certainty

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-436

  Olausson, Ulrika ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adaptation; Climate change; critical discourse analysis; framing theory; mitigation; news media; responsibility; scientific certainty; transnational journalism.

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650786555     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662507081242     Document Type: Article

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