Why Are people skeptical about climate change? Some insights from blog comments

Environmental Communication

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 153-168

  Matthews, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blogs; climate; public opinion; skepticism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928770393     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2014.999694     Document Type: Article

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