How Sharks and Shark–Human Interactions are Reported in Major Australian Newspapers
How Sharks and Shark–Human Interactions are Reported in Major Australian Newspapers
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澳大利亚主要报纸如何报道鲨鱼以及鲨鱼与人类的互动
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2020
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Jia Shao
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Nigel Hardiman;S. Burgin;Jia Shao
尽管因鲨鱼咬伤造成的死亡人数很少，但很少有短语比“鲨鱼袭击”更能引发负面情绪或引起更多媒体报道。通常，小报被认为比大报提供更耸人听闻的报道。我们调查了在澳大利亚水域鲨鱼袭击事件数量创纪录的时期，澳大利亚四家主要报纸如何描述鲨鱼以及鲨鱼与人类的互动。人们非常关注鲨鱼对人类造成的风险，以及对负面影响的过度报道。记录了 30 起事故：2 人死亡、20 人受伤、8 人“险些失手”。在接受调查的 309 篇“鲨鱼”文章中，24% 提到了死亡事件（65% 发生在这项研究之前，即几十年前）。 40% 的文章报道了受伤情况，33% 的文章报道了“险些发生”（89% 与南非发生的涉及澳大利亚冲浪名人的事件有关）。小报《电讯报》发表的与鲨鱼相关的文章和照片比其他报纸多得多。除此之外，类型或报纸之间没有一致的差异模式。
Few phrases evoke more negative emotion, or generate more media coverage, than ‘shark attack’ despite the few deaths that have been attributed to shark bite. Typically, tabloids are considered to provide more sensational coverage than broadsheets. We investigated how sharks and shark–human interactions were portrayed in four major Australian newspapers during a period of a record number of shark attacks in Australian waters. There was strong focus on human risk from sharks, and over-reportage of negative aspects. Thirty incidents were recorded: two fatal, 20 injury, and eight ‘near-miss’. Of 309 ‘shark’ articles surveyed, 24% mentioned fatalities (65% occurred prior to the study, some decades earlier). Injury was reported in 40% of articles, and ‘near-miss’ in 33% (89% related to an incident in South Africa involving an Australian surfing celebrity). The tabloid, Telegraph, published substantially more shark-related articles and photographs than other newspapers. There was otherwise no consistent pattern of difference between genre or newspapers.