Gender differences in the climate change communication on Twitter

Internet Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 811-828

  Holmberg, Kim ^a,b   Hellsten, Iina ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Communication; Gender differences; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942526179     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IntR-07-2014-0179     Document Type: Article

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