CITIZEN SCIENCE, CITIZEN JOURNALISM: New forms of environmental reporting

The Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 186-196

  Allan, Stuart ^a   Ewart, Jacqui ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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