A Simple Intervention to Reduce Framing Effects in Perceptions of Global Climate Change

Environmental Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 289-310

  Baumer, Eric P S ^a   Polletta, Francesca ^b   Pierski, Nicole ^b   Gay, Geri K ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; frame reflection; framing effects; global warming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945237915     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2015.1084015     Document Type: Article

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