Climate Skepticism in British Newspapers, 2007–2011

Environmental Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 432-452

  Painter, James ^a   Gavin, Neil T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; content analysis; ideology; skepticism; UK newspapers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921739958     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2014.995193     Document Type: Article

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