A United States-China Comparison of Risk Information–Seeking Intentions

Communication Research

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 935-960

  Yang, Z Janet ^a   Kahlor, LeeAnn ^b   Li, Haichun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

climate change; comparative analysis; environment; information seeking; risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907092596     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650213479795     Document Type: Article

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