Computer-assisted analysis of public discourse: A case study of the precautionary principle in the US and UK press

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 501-522

  Kirilenko, Andrei ^a   Stepchenkova, Svetlana ^b   Romsdahl, Rebecca ^a   Mattis, Kristine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Factor analysis; Precautionary principle; Prestige press; Textual data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855695521     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-010-9383-z     Document Type: Article

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