How certain is ‘certain’?: exploring how the English-language media reported the use of calibrated language in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report

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How certain is ‘certain’?: exploring how the English-language media reported the use of calibrated language in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report

This article presents findings from an analysis of English-language media reports following the publication of the fifth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report in September 2013. Focusing on the way they reported the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s use of ‘calibrated...

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Main Authors:	Collins, Luke C., Nerlich, Brigitte
Format:	Article
Published:	SAGE 2015
Subjects:	calibrated language climate change mass media metaphor uncertainty
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33180/

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