Mapping the climate sceptical blogosphere

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 159-170

  Sharman, Amelia ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blog; Climate scepticism; Knowledge; Network; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NETWORKING; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 84901641984     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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