Microscope and spectacle: On the complexities of using new visual technologies to communicate about wildlife conservation

Ambio

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 648-660

  Verma, Audrey ^a   van der Wal, René ^a   Fischer, Anke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental communication; Public engagement; Visual technology; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; COMPLEXITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INVENTION; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; UNITED KINGDOM; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COMMUNICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INVENTIONS; PERCEPTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84945244991     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0715-z     Document Type: Article

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