Merging duke energy and progress energy: Online public discourse, post-fukushima reactions, and the absence of environmental communication

Environmental Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 278-284

  Autry, Meagan Kittle ^a   Kelly, Ashley R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental Communication; Fukushima; North Carolina; Nuclear Energy; Online Newspapers; Social Media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861954134     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2012.672444     Document Type: Article

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