Media coverage of climate change in russia: Governmental bias and climate silence

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 96-111

  Poberezhskaya, Marianna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental communications; Russia s climate policy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MASS MEDIUM; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TRENDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLIC OPINION; RUSSIA;

EID: 84925284913     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662513517848     Document Type: Article

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