A change in the climate? The journalism of opinion at News Corporation

Journalism

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 693-706

  McKnight, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change; editorials; global warming; News Corporation; political correctness; Rupert Murdoch; science

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650844242     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884910379704     Document Type: Review

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