Social representations theory: A new theory for media research

Nordicom Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 3-16

  Höijer, Birgitta ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Climate change; Communicative mechanisms; Media research; Objectification; Social representations

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655192506     PISSN: 14031108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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