Blogging and tweeting climate change in South Africa

Ecquid Novi

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-53

  Bosch, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blogging; Climate change journalism; Digital journalism; South Africa; Thought Leader; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866859447     PISSN: 02560054     EISSN: 19420773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02560054.2011.636825     Document Type: Article

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