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Observers, victims or part of the problem? Exploring affective images of climate change obtained by word associations / ¿Observadores, víctimas o parte del problema? Explorando las imágenes afectivas del cambio climático obtenidas mediante asociaciones de palabras

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Pages 272-300 | Received 27 May 2016, Accepted 09 Jan 2017, Published online: 30 Jul 2018

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