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Filtering by: Creator Burke, Donald S. Location Arctic Ocean, , (Hydrographic) Resource Type Masters Thesis

Off-shore oil exploration in the Arctic Ocean a comparative analysis of newspaper information and public attitude

Creator:

Tombropoulos, Charles B.

Abstract:

This research questions the effectiveness of newspapers as a vehicle of environmental information by determining whether the public attitude in Alaska towards off-shore oil exploration was consistent with that expressed in the local newspapers. All newspaper articles about off-shore oil exploration published in Alaska between 1980 and May 1987 were...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

in the late 19th century, to fishing in more recent times, to the oil boom of the 1970's and 1980's