Media coverage of climate change in Chile: A content analysis of conservative and liberal newspapers

Environmental Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-81

  Dotson, Devin M ^a   Jacobson, Susan K ^b   Kaid, Lynda Lee ^b   Carlton, J Stuart ^b  

^a American Rivers   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chile; Climate Change; Content Analysis; Global Warming; Media; Newspaper; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859183748     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2011.642078     Document Type: Article

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