Developments in the Framing of Climate Change as a Public Health Issue in US Newspapers

Environmental Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 593-611

  Weathers, Melinda R ^a   Kendall, Brenden E ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; framing; global warming; news media; public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936970944     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2015.1050436     Document Type: Article

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