Mooney On Climate Change as a Communication Failure

Over at The Intersection, my friend and colleague Chris Mooney has more thoughts on why the IPCC report failed to impact the wider media and public agenda. Mooney is in […]

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Matthew C. Nisbet

August 16, 2010

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Over at The Intersection, my friend and colleague Chris Mooney has more thoughts on why the IPCC report failed to impact the wider media and public agenda. Mooney is in Vancouver this week, presenting at the University of British Columbia, sharing thoughts and ideas that together we are likely to take on the road as part of a national speaking tour. Stay tuned for more details.

Matthew C. Nisbet

Associate Professor of Communication, Northeastern University

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