WHITHER THE HEART(-TO-HEART)?: Prospects for a humanistic turn in environmental communication as the world changes darkly

The Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 402-413

  Moser, Susanne C ^a,b  

^a Susanne Moser Research and Consulting   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315887586-30     Document Type: Chapter

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