Climate change research across disciplines: The value and uses of multidisciplinary research reviews for technical communication

Technical Communication Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 147-163

  Cagle, Lauren E ^a   Tillery, Denise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

climatechange; communicationresearch; environmentalcommunication; interdisciplinarity; publicengagement; riskcommunication

Indexed keywords

RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COMMUNICATIONRESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTALCOMMUNICATION; INTERDISCIPLINARITY; PUBLICENGAGEMENT; RISKCOMMUNICATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84924060084     PISSN: 10572252     EISSN: 15427625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10572252.2015.1001296     Document Type: Review

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