Curb your enthusiasm: On media communication of bioenergy and the role of the news media in technology diffusion

Environmental Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 512-531

  Skjolsvold, Tomas Moe ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Diffusion; Domestication; Media analysis; Norway; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871347430     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2012.705309     Document Type: Article

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