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Work time. Leisure time. On women’s temporal and economic wellbeing in Europe (2010)
Journal Article
Warren, T. (2010). Work time. Leisure time. On women’s temporal and economic wellbeing in Europe. Community, Work and Family, 13(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/13668801003765713

In the study of work time, a wealth of influential ideas have emerged about the potentially damaging impact of too many hours in the labour market on the rest of peoples’ lives, as well as about the negative economic ramifications of short hours work... Read More about Work time. Leisure time. On women’s temporal and economic wellbeing in Europe.

Gendered Performances in a Male-Dominated Subculture: 'Girl Racers', Car Modification and the Quest for Masculinity (2010)
Journal Article
Lumsden, K. (2010). Gendered Performances in a Male-Dominated Subculture: 'Girl Racers', Car Modification and the Quest for Masculinity. Sociological Research Online, 15(3), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.2123

This paper discusses female participation in the male-dominated 'boy racer' culture. Little is known about girls who join male-dominated subcultures while studies of car cultures have tended to describe girls as peripheral participants and emphasise... Read More about Gendered Performances in a Male-Dominated Subculture: 'Girl Racers', Car Modification and the Quest for Masculinity.

From carbon markets to carbon morality: creative compounds as framing devices in online discourses on climate change mitigation (2010)
Journal Article
Koteyko, N., Thelwall, M., & Nerlich, B. (2010). From carbon markets to carbon morality: creative compounds as framing devices in online discourses on climate change mitigation. Science Communication, 32(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547009340421

Lexical combinations of at least two roots around "carbon" as the hub, such as "carbon finance" or "carbon footprint," have recently become ubiquitous in English-speaking science, politics, and mass media. They are part of a new language evolving aro... Read More about From carbon markets to carbon morality: creative compounds as framing devices in online discourses on climate change mitigation.

Carbon gold rush and carbon cowboys: a new chapter in green mythology? (2010)
Journal Article
Nerlich, B., & Koteyko, N. (2010). Carbon gold rush and carbon cowboys: a new chapter in green mythology?. Environmental Communication, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/17524030903522389

Individual and collective efforts to mitigate climate change in the form of carbon offsetting and emissions trading schemes have recently become the focus of much media attention. In this paper we explore a subset of the UK national press coverage ce... Read More about Carbon gold rush and carbon cowboys: a new chapter in green mythology?.

Theory and language of climate change communication (2010)
Journal Article
Nerlich, B., Koteyko, N., & Brown, B. (2010). Theory and language of climate change communication. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.2

Climate change communication has become a salient topic in science and society. It has grown to be something like a booming industry alongside more established ‘communication enterprises’, such as health communication, risk communication, and science... Read More about Theory and language of climate change communication.

Bird flu hype: the spread of a disease outbreak through the media and Internet discussion groups (2010)
Journal Article
Hellsten, I., & Nerlich, B. (2010). Bird flu hype: the spread of a disease outbreak through the media and Internet discussion groups. Journal of Language and Politics, 9(3),

Bird flu, otherwise known as avian influenza, has attracted widespread public and global attention. The H5N1 avian influenza virus was first documented as infecting humans in Hong Kong in 1997, and many of those infected died subsequently from the vi... Read More about Bird flu hype: the spread of a disease outbreak through the media and Internet discussion groups.