Attitude Change in Competitive Framing Environments? Open-/Closed-Mindedness, Framing Effects, and Climate Change

Journal of Communication

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 766-785

  Nisbet, Erik C ^a   Hart, P S ^b   Myers, Teresa ^c   Ellithorpe, Morgan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;

EID: 84881237408     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12040     Document Type: Article

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