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A content analysis of 32 years of Shark Week documentaries
Type: Text
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: FAU College Collections
Contributors: Brady L. Mickley, Catherine C. Macdonald, David S. Shiffman, Julia Saltzman, Lisa B. Whitenack, Stephen M. Kajiura
Publisher: Public Library of Science
Description: Despite evidence of their importance to marine ecosystems, at least 32% of all chondrichthyan
species are estimated or assessed as threatened with extinction. In addition to the logistical
difficulties of effectively conserving wide-ranging marine species, shark conservation is
believed to have been hindered in the past by public perceptions of sharks as dangerous to
humans. Shark Week is a… more
Full Text: PLOS ONE RESEARCH ARTICLE A content analysis of 32 years of Shark Week documentaries Lisa B. Whitenack ID1*, Brady L. Mickley2☯, Julia Saltzman ID3,4,5☯, Stephen M. Kajiura6, Catherine C. Macdonald ID4,5, David S. Shiffman7 a1111111111 a1111111111 …