Understanding the receivers and the reception of science's uncertain messages

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1956, 2011, Pages 4891-4912

  Campbell, Philip ^a  

^a Nature   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Public; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION;

INTERNET BASED; MULTIPLE CHANNELS; PUBLIC; PUBLIC AUTHORITIES; PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS; PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKS; TARGET AUDIENCE; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 82455219439     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0068     Document Type: Review

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