The new climate change discourse: A challenge for environmental sociology

Environmental Sociology: European Perspectives and Interdisciplinary Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 39-57

  Reusswig, Fritz ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change discourse; Global climate change; Mass media; Public sociology; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886729034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8730-0_3     Document Type: Chapter

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