Picturing environmental risk: The Canadian oil sands and the national geographic

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 127-143

  Remillard, Chaseten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

environmental risk; National Geographic; oil sands; risk communication; visual communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650984570     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048510386745     Document Type: Article

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