Young people’s conversations about environmental and sustainability issues in social media

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 465-485

  Andersson, Erik ^a   Öhman, Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

epistemological moves; ESE; global warming; online community; public pedagogy; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958775646     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2016.1149551     Document Type: Article

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