Green dreams or pipe dreams?: Media framing of the U.S. biofuels movement

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1390-1399

  Wright, Wynne ^a   Reid, Taylor ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Ethanol; Frame analysis; New York Times; Social movements

Indexed keywords

A-FRAMES; ANALYTIC APPROACH; CULTURAL VALUE; DATA SETS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FRAME ANALYSIS; MEDIA COVERAGE; NATIONAL SECURITY; NEW YORK TIME; RESIST DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS;

ETHANOL;

ECONOMICS;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BIOFUEL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; NATIONAL SECURITY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952536876     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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