Conspiratory fascination versus public interest: The case of 'climategate'

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Lewandowsky, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; public opinion; rejection of science

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

BLOGOSPHERES; GENERAL PUBLICS; GOOGLE TRENDS; HALF LIVES; NUMBER OF PEOPLES; PUBLIC INTEREST; PUBLIC OPINIONS; REJECTION OF SCIENCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CRIME; DATA MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84928724388     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/111004     Document Type: Review

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