United States news media and climate change in the era of US President Trump

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 202-204

  Park, David J ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fossil fuel industry; News media; Paris Agreement

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; MASS MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85042148454     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.2011     Document Type: Note

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