How the public engages with global warming: A social representations approach

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-32

  Smith, Nicholas ^a   Joffe, Helene ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

free associations; global warming; social representations theory; thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872299694     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662512440913     Document Type: Article

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