Strategic framing of climate change by industry actors: A meta-analysis

Environmental Communication

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 493-511

  Schlichting, Inga ^a  

^a DEUTSCHE BAHN AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Industry actors; Meta analysis; Strategic framing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890550644     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2013.812974     Document Type: Article

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