Communicating Climate Change: Are Stories Better than "Just the Facts"?

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 644-673

  Jones, Michael D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cultural theory; Narrative policy framework; Narrative transportation; Science communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911470255     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psj.12072     Document Type: Article

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