Climate change discourse in mass media: Application of computer-assisted content analysis

Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-191

  Kirilenko, Andrei P ^a   Stepchenkova, Svetlana O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

CATA; Climate change; Content analysis; Global warming; Mass media

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER; CURRICULUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; MASS MEDIA; PUBLISHING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84977107274     PISSN: 21906483     EISSN: 21906491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13412-012-0074-z     Document Type: Article

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