Net Zero and Climate Scepticism: Attitudes to Environmental Policy in British Right-Wing Media
Abstract
To understand the sceptical and non-sceptical frames of Net Zero targets in right-wing media in the UK
To understand the differences between tabloid and broadsheet attitudes towards Net Zero
To assess the changes in scepticism over time, and whether political leadership changes have affected Net Zero's portrayal
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Garrard, G. (2019). Climate scepticism in the UK. In: Climate Change Scepticism: A Transnational Ecocritical Analysis. Bloomsbury Academic.
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