An empirical examination of echo chambers in US climate policy networks

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 782-786

  Jasny, Lorien ^a,b   Waggle, Joseph ^c   Fisher, Dana R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA ACQUISITION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MODEL TEST; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937921472     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2666     Document Type: Article

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