Animal Production, Ag-gag Laws, and the Social Production of Ignorance: Exploring the Role of Storytelling

Environmental Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 43-61

  Broad, Garrett M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

agnotology; animals; food systems; knowledge; media; storytelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954075096     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2014.968178     Document Type: Article

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