Anthropogenic climate change coverage in two Canadian newspapers, the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail, from 1988 to 2007

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 48-59

  Ahchong, Katrina ^a   Dodds, Rachel ^b  

^a Ryerson University ^*  (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Climate change; Media; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH;

EID: 81255173614     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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