Cultural characters and climate change: How heroes shape our perception of climate science

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-39

  Jones, Michael D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84893964193     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ssqu.12043     Document Type: Article

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