Posted on 12/01/2022 12:00:41 PM PST by devane617
The Discovery Channel's annual Shark Week is the longest-running cable television series in history, filling screens with sharky content every summer since 1988. It causes one of the largest temporary increases in U.S. viewers' attention to any science or conservation topic.
It's also the largest stage in marine biology, giving scientists who appear on it access to an audience of millions. Being featured by high-profile media outlets can help researchers attract attention and funding that can help super-charge their careers.
Unfortunately, Shark Week is also a missed opportunity. As scientists and conservationists have long argued, it is a major source of misinformation and nonsense about sharks, the scientists who study them, and how people can help protect endangered species from extinction.
I am a marine biologist who recently worked with five colleagues to scientifically analyze the content of Shark Week episodes. For our study published in PLOS ONE, we tracked down copies of 202 episodes, watched them all and coded their content based on more than 15 variables, including locations, which experts were interviewed, which shark species were mentioned, what scientific research tools were used, whether the episodes mentioned shark conservation and how sharks were portrayed.
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I enjoy reality shows like Mountain Men and Deadliest Catch but know not to take them any more seriously than Huckleberry Hound or Yogi Bear. Sort of like the Evening News.
I have a son named Mike. The guys at his shop actually call him White Mike. The other Mike they call China Mike, coz he’s like, Asian, ya know, like, literally...you don’t wanna know what they call the AA Mike...
Yeah Mike Rowe. He kind of rocks.
When the talking heads on the documentaries were the top published guys in the subject I enjoyed them. But now the qualifications seem to be gender and minority status. Why should I listen to second rate thinkers?
I think I know the latter...
A Mark Twain character comes to mind.
And AA Mike has no problem with it. My son told me when his coworker feels salty, he calls him cracker Mike. So I laughed at the obvious, then he looked at me with a stupid look and said, “Salty? Cracker? Get it?” He can be a real dork, gets it from Mrs cport.
Lol. I’m betting Mrs cport doesn’t see your posts.:)
You would win that bet. TBH, she doesn’t do politics except when it affects her firm. She has her values, which are much like mine, she just doesn’t get into this kind thing. She votes with me, a two time Trump ovoter, and is increasingly becoming more tired of globoTransHomo inc, whereas she was kinda homoignorant and indifferent before.
She’s probably better off not paying the attention we do.
It seems like an addiction or illness.
Routinely returning to maddening subjects.,.
DeSantis opened her eyes with Disney and grooming. That’s another thing that pisses me off about how Disney has been co-opted by homo-pedo inc. My lovely wife was all things Disney. To me it was an extension of her personality traits that I loved; embracing innocence and princesses, which is how I’ve seen her since we were kids. It really crushed her to have to get rid of the Disney katchkes and steer the kids clear. I would love to punch that pedo Iger in his gender neutral face for taking that from her and my kids. Effing joy stealers.
Democrats are largely contrarians. They are far less “for” things, than against decent things.
They ruined my military and sports.
Most everything on tv/movies sucks now.
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