No Meat, Less Meat, or Better Meat: Understanding NGO Messaging Choices Intended to Alter Meat Consumption in Light of Climate Change

Environmental Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 84-103

  Laestadius, Linnea I ^a   Neff, Roni A ^b   Barry, Colleen L ^b   Frattaroli, Shannon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; environmental communication; meat consumption; nongovernmental organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954075546     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2014.981561     Document Type: Article

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