Truth and opinion in climate change discourse: The gore-hansen disagreement

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 796-809

  Russill, Chris ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Al Gore; An Inconvenient Truth; climate change; computer models; James Hansen; media and science; problematization; public participation; simulation; truth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; POLICY; POLITICS; SCIENCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; POLICY; POLITICS; SCIENCE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 80055111864     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662510364201     Document Type: Article

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