Framing climate change: A study of US and Swedish press coverage of global warming

Journalism Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-192

  Shehata, Adam ^a   Hopmann, David Nicolas ^b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

climate change; framing; global warming; indexing; media coverage; news

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858644401     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2011.646396     Document Type: Article

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