Bringing values and deliberation to science communication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2013, Pages 14081-14087

  Dietz, Thomas ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic deliberation; Climate change; Environmental decision making; Trust in science

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETENCE; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCIENCE; SOCIAL LEARNING; TRUST; ANALYTIC DELIBERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; TRUST IN SCIENCE;

ANALYTIC DELIBERATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING; TRUST IN SCIENCE;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLIC OPINION; SCIENCE;

EID: 84887745050     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1212740110     Document Type: Article

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