Contesting science by appealing to its norms: readers discuss climate science in the Daily Mail

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Contesting science by appealing to its norms: readers discuss climate science in the Daily Mail

This study examines the rhetorical aspects of social contestation of climate change in reader comments published in the Daily Mail, subsequent to climategate. The following themes are reported: (1) denigration of climate scientists to contest hegemonic representations, (2) delegitimization of pro–cl...

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Main Authors:	Jaspal, Rusi, Nerlich, Brigitte, Koteyko, Nelya
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage 2013
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/3380/

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