Disputed climate science in the media: Do countries matter?

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 220-235

  Grundmann, Reiner ^a   Scott, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Lexical Analysis Software ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; framing risk; media and science; media representations; public understanding of science; science communication; science experts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FRAMING RISK; FRANCE; GERMANY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDIA AND SCIENCE; MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SCIENCE COMMUNICATION; SCIENCE EXPERTS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FRAMING RISK; MEDIA AND SCIENCE; MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS; PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE; SCIENCE COMMUNICATION; SCIENCE EXPERTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893583576     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662512467732     Document Type: Article

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