Climate change, flooding and the media in Britain

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 422-438

  Gavin, Neil T ^a   Leonard Milsom, Liam ^a   Montgomery, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Climate change; Flooding; Newspapers; Politics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; WEATHER;

EID: 77954513771     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662509353377     Document Type: Article

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