Long-term newspaper coverage shows how we change the nature and remain unaware of the change: the relative length of the largest fish worthy of a headline has declined over time #ShiftingBaseline https://t.co/bmvCx2IEyy @thePeerJ
@redlipblenny I was inspired by your "newsworthy fishes" talk at the @TheFSBI #FSBI19 ! Do you have a photo of a cool article that was used? I'm including you in a lecture about #SciComm and I'd love to add a "real" example of one of the articles used!
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This piece on "Shifting Headline Syndrome" - where newsworthy reports of fish catches decrease in size over time - is stellar. Beautiful use of data that shows an(other) alarming trend https://t.co/hbDLNyIn9S
Why smaller fish make bigger news headlines: The relative length of the largest fish worthy of a headline has declined over time #fishing #ShiftingBaseline #scicomm https://t.co/bmvCx30fq6 @thePeerJ