Hello, everyone! Shark Week, the Discovery Channel's long-running week of shark-themed documentaries, begins on July 5th. Many marine scientists and conservationists, including myself, have been critical of the fearmongering tone and pseudoscientific content in recent years.
In a new blog post, I've summarized the evidence from (and interviewed the authors of) 3 recent scientific papers showing that media coverage of sharks, including Shark Week documentaries, is a significant factor influencing public support for their conservation. If you get a chance, please consider reading the blog post and sharing it, and please let me know what you think (please either comment on the post itself or reply to me directly rather than "reply all"). Thanks, all! The post can be found here: http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p=18302 Sincerely, -- *David Shiffman* *Ph.D. Student, Research Assistant,* Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy <http://www.cesp.miami.edu/> R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program <http://rjd.miami.edu/> [image: RJD] *e: *[email protected] | *p: *412.915.2309 *t: *@WhySharksMatter <http://twitter.com/#!/WhySharksMatter> | *b: *Southern Fried Science Blog <http://www.southernfriedscience.com/>
