Reconstruction of the boundary between climate science and politics: The IPCC in the Japanese mass media, 1988-2007

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 189-203

  Asayama, Shinichiro ^a   Ishii, Atsushi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

boundary work; climate change; co production of science and politics; discourse analysis; IPCC; Japan; media coverage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOUNDARY-WORK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CO-PRODUCTION OF SCIENCE AND POLITICS; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IPCC; JAPAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDIA COVERAGE; POLITICS; PUBLICATION; SCIENCE;

BOUNDARY-WORK; CLIMATE CHANGE; CO-PRODUCTION OF SCIENCE AND POLITICS; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; IPCC; JAPAN; MEDIA COVERAGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; POLITICS; SCIENCE;

EID: 84893561263     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662512450989     Document Type: Article

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