On the use of imagery for climate change engagement

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 413-421

  O'Neill, Saffron J ^a   Boykoff, Maxwell ^b   Niemeyer, Simon ^c   Day, Sophie A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate imagery; Efficacy; Perceptions; Public engagement; Q method; Saliency

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGERY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MASS MEDIA; PERCEPTION; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; BOULDER; COLORADO; ENGLAND; MELBOURNE; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; NORWICH; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84878019397     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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