When climate science became climate politics: British media representations of climate change in 1988

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 122-141

  Jaspal, Rusi ^a   Nerlich, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; communication; media; qualitative; social psychology; social representations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDIA; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION; MEDIA; QUALITATIVE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84893617520     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662512440219     Document Type: Article

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