Communicating climate science: The role of perceived communicator's motives

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-18

  Rabinovich, Anna ^a   Morton, Thomas A ^a   Birney, Megan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental behaviour; Science communication; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455202521     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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