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EMPIRICAL RESEARCH

How Framing Climate Change Influences Citizen Scientists’ Intentions to Do Something About It

Janis L. Dickinson Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
,
Rhiannon Crain Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
,
Steve Yalowitz Audience Viewpoints, Herndon, Virginia, USA
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Tammy M. Cherry TMCherry Consulting, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Pages 145-158 | Published online: 08 May 2013

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