On neo-luddites led by ayatollahs: The frame matrix of the GM food debate in northern Belgium

Environmental Communication

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-300

  Maeseele, Pieter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Framing; GM Food; Ideology, Media Sociology; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650118655     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2010.499211     Document Type: Article

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