蜘蛛新闻对在线信息搜索的影响
André-Philippe Drapeau Picard1, Catherine Scott2,3, Angela Chuang4
1Insectarium de Montréal-Espace pour la vie, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
PloS one
|October 23, 2024
概括
媒体报道影响公众对蜘蛛的恐惧,增加在线搜索和维基百科的参与度,特别是对于像棕色隐居者这样的危险物种. 这突出了文化文化.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 媒体研究 媒体研究
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
背景情况:
- 对蜘蛛的恐惧 (arachnophobia) 是常见的,与实际风险相比,往往是夸张的.
- 媒体关于蜘蛛的报道往往是轰动性的和误导性的.
- 搜索信息是一种已知的恐惧应对机制,但它与蜘蛛新闻的联系尚未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查媒体关于蜘蛛的报道是否增加了公众的关注和信息搜索行为.
- 分析与蜘蛛相关的新闻量和在线搜索趋势之间的关系.
- 为了确定轰动性的内容是否会放大公众的兴趣和恐惧.
主要方法:
- 对1486份与蜘蛛有关的英语媒体报道 (2010-2020年) 的内容分析.
- 对谷歌趋势,维基百科和iNaturalist查询量在新闻出版后进行检查.
- 搜索量增加的比较,对于人听闻的新闻与非人听闻的新闻.
主要成果:
- 与中立报道相比,轰动性的蜘蛛新闻显著增加了搜索量.
- 关于人类与棕色隐居蜘蛛相遇的新闻与对该物种更高的搜索兴趣有关.
- 增加的月度新闻量与与蜘蛛相关的维基百科页面的流量呈正相关.
结论:
- 传统媒体显然影响了公众对蜘蛛的看法和行为,这表明恐惧的文化延续.
- 寻找信息的行为是公众对蜘蛛新闻的共同反应,有助于事实检查人听闻的说法.
- 准确的媒体代表对于培养更知情和平衡的人与蜘蛛关系至关重要.
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