The use of religious metaphors by UK newspapers to describe and denigrate climate change

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 323-339

  Woods, Ruth ^a   Fernández, Ana ^a   Coen, Sharon ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; discourse; global warming; media; metaphor; religion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MORALITY; PUBLICATION; RELIGION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; METAPHOR; MORALS; NEWSPAPERS; RELIGION;

EID: 84859909035     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662510385061     Document Type: Article

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