Framing science: A new paradigm in public engagement

Communicating Science: New Agendas in Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 40-67

  Nisbet, Matthew C ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84916972510     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203867631     Document Type: Chapter

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