Communicating climate change in regional news media

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 356-367

  Fugl Eskjaer, Mikkel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climatology; Denmark; Global warming; Information media; Middle East; Newspapers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993054392     PISSN: 17568692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17568690911002889     Document Type: Article

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