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| Title |
Worlds apart, drawn together: Bears, penguins and biodiversity in climate change cartoons
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Public Understanding of Science, February 2021
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| DOI | 10.1177/0963662521992508 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sara Moreno-Tarín, Tatiana Pina, Martí Domínguez |
| Abstract |
This study shows how cartoonists use iconic and stereotypical animals in their works to reflect society's knowledge about the effects of climate change. Studying 1022 climate change cartoons including depictions of animals, we noticed that there is very little biodiversity depicted in cartoons. Cartoonists generally avoid using animals indigenous to their own countries; this point is especially true regarding the low presence of insects and other invertebrates. This text also encourages cartoonists to adhere to some recommendations to improve climate change communication. These guidelines are (1) using indigenous wildlife, (2) depicting invertebrate wildlife, (3) improving their knowledge about the biogeographical distribution of each species to avoid spreading misconceptions and (4) developing climate change communication from a positive point of view, appealing to potential improvements against the climate crisis, both for humans and for the rest of the species. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 29 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 14% |
| Spain | 4 | 14% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 3 | 10% |
| Unknown | 18 | 62% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 16 | 55% |
| Scientists | 10 | 34% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 23 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 23 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Lecturer | 4 | 17% |
| Researcher | 3 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 17% |
| Unknown | 7 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 4 | 17% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 9% |
| Environmental Science | 2 | 9% |
| Engineering | 2 | 9% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 4 | 17% |
| Unknown | 7 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 36. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 April 2022.
All research outputs
#1,143,693
of 25,715,849 outputs
Outputs from Public Understanding of Science
#126
of 1,120 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#32,068
of 457,115 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Public Understanding of Science
#5
of 21 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,715,849 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 95th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,120 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 18.6. This one has done well, scoring higher than 88% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 21 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done well, scoring higher than 76% of its contemporaries.