Geoengineering, news media and metaphors: Framing the controversial

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 966-981

  Luokkanen, Matti ^a   Huttunen, Suvi ^b   Hildén, Mikael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

climate change; framing; geoengineering; media; metaphors; public understanding of science; science communication; science journalism

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMANS; METAPHOR; NEWSPAPERS AS TOPIC; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908207871     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662513475966     Document Type: Article

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