Constructing Climate Change in the Americas: An Analysis of News Coverage in U.S. and South American Newspapers

Science Communication

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 334-357

  Zamith, Rodrigo ^a   Pinto, Juliet ^b   Villar, Maria Elena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; environmental; framing; journalism; mass media; newspapers; science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877358506     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: 15528545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547012457470     Document Type: Article

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