Threat Without Efficacy? Climate Change on U.S. Network News

Science Communication

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 325-351

  Hart, P Sol ^a   Feldman, Lauren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; environmental communication; framing; mass media; risk communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908108423     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: 15528545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547013520239     Document Type: Article

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