| Title | An expert-curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites |
| Abstract | Mass media plays an important role in the construction and circulation of risk perception associated with animals. Widely feared groups such as spiders frequently end up in the spotlight of traditional and social media. We compiled an expert-curated global database on the online newspaper coverage of human-spider encounters over the past ten years (2010-2020). This database includes information about the location of each human-spider encounter reported in the news article and a quantitative characterisation of the content-location, presence of photographs of spiders and bites, number and type of errors, consultation of experts, and a subjective assessment of sensationalism. In total, we collected 5348 unique news articles from 81 countries in 40 languages. The database refers to 211 identified and unidentified spider species and 2644 unique human-spider encounters (1121 bites and 147 as deadly bites). To facilitate data reuse, we explain the main caveats that need to be made when analysing this database and discuss research ideas and questions that can be explored with it. |
| Source | Scientific data 9 (1) |
| Keywords | SpidersNewspapersMisinformationArachnophobia |
| Journal | Scientific data |
| Editor | Nature Publishing Group, London, Regno Unito |
| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Articolo in rivista |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41597-022-01197-6 |
| Authors | Mammola, Stefano; Malumbres-Olarte, Jagoba; Arabesky, Valeria; Barrales-Alcala, Diego Alejandro; Barrion-Dupo, Aimee Lynn; Benamu, Marco Antonio; Bird, Tharina L.; Bogomolova, Maria; Cardoso, Pedro; Chatzaki, Maria; Cheng, Ren-Chung; Chu, Tien-Ai; Classen-Rodriguez, Leticia M.; Cupic, Iva; Dhiya'ulhaq, Naufal Urfi; Picard, Andre-Philippe Drapeau; El-Hennawy, Hisham K.; Elverici, Mert; Fukushima, Caroline S.; Ganem, Zeana; Gavish-Regev, Efrat; Gonnye, Naledi T.; Hacala, Axel; Haddad, Charles R.; Hesselberg, Thomas; Ho, Tammy Ai Tian; Into, Thanakorn; Isaia, Marco; Jayaraman, Dharmaraj; Karuaera, Nanguei; Khalap, Rajashree; Khalap, Kiran; Kim, Dongyoung; Korhonen, Tuuli; Kralj-Fiser, Simona; Land, Heidi; Lin, Shou-Wang; Loboda, Sarah; Lowe, Elizabeth; Lubin, Yael; Martinez, Alejandro; Mbo, Zingisile; Milicic, Marija; Kioko, Grace Mwende; Nanni, Veronica; Norma-Rashid, Yusoff; Nwankwo, Daniel; Painting, Christina J.; Pang, Aleck; Pantini, Paolo; Pavlek, Martina; Pearce, Richard; Petcharad, Booppa; Petillon, Julien; Raberahona, Onjaherizo Christian; Saarinen, Joni A.; Segura-Hernandez, Laura; Sentenska, Lenka; Uhl, Gabriele; Walker, Leilani; Warui, Charles M.; Wisniewski, Konrad; Zamani, Alireza; Scott, Catherine; Chuang, Angela |
| Text | 467218 2022 10.1038/s41597 022 01197 6 ISI Web of Science WOS 000773938400002 Spiders Newspapers Misinformation Arachnophobia An expert curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites Mammola, Stefano; Malumbres Olarte, Jagoba; Arabesky, Valeria; Barrales Alcala, Diego Alejandro; Barrion Dupo, Aimee Lynn; Benamu, Marco Antonio; Bird, Tharina L.; Bogomolova, Maria; Cardoso, Pedro; Chatzaki, Maria; Cheng, Ren Chung; Chu, Tien Ai; Classen Rodriguez, Leticia M.; Cupic, Iva; Dhiya ulhaq, Naufal Urfi; Picard, Andre Philippe Drapeau; El Hennawy, Hisham K.; Elverici, Mert; Fukushima, Caroline S.; Ganem, Zeana; Gavish Regev, Efrat; Gonnye, Naledi T.; Hacala, Axel; Haddad, Charles R.; Hesselberg, Thomas; Ho, Tammy Ai Tian; Into, Thanakorn; Isaia, Marco; Jayaraman, Dharmaraj; Karuaera, Nanguei; Khalap, Rajashree; Khalap, Kiran; Kim, Dongyoung; Korhonen, Tuuli; Kralj Fiser, Simona; Land, Heidi; Lin, Shou Wang; Loboda, Sarah; Lowe, Elizabeth; Lubin, Yael; Martinez, Alejandro; Mbo, Zingisile; Milicic, Marija; Kioko, Grace Mwende; Nanni, Veronica; Norma Rashid, Yusoff; Nwankwo, Daniel; Painting, Christina J.; Pang, Aleck; Pantini, Paolo; Pavlek, Martina; Pearce, Richard; Petcharad, Booppa; Petillon, Julien; Raberahona, Onjaherizo Christian; Saarinen, Joni A.; Segura Hernandez, Laura; Sentenska, Lenka; Uhl, Gabriele; Walker, Leilani; Warui, Charles M.; Wisniewski, Konrad; Zamani, Alireza; Scott, Catherine; Chuang, Angela Univ Helsinki; Natl Res Council Italy CNR IRSA; Azorean Biodivers Grp; Univ Acores; Ben Gurion Univ Negev; Ben Gurion Univ Negev; Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico; Univ Philippines Los Banos; Univ Philippines Los Banos; Univ Republica; Univ Republica; Inst Invest Biol Clemente Estable IIBCE; Ditsong Natl Museum Nat Hist; Univ Pretoria; Democritus Univ Thrace; Natl Chung Hsing Univ; St Louis Univ; Croatian Biospeleol Soc; Univ Gadjah Mada; Insectarium Montreal; Arachnid Collect Egypt ACE; Erzincan Binali Yildirim Univ; Hebrew Univ Jerusalem; Hebrew Univ Jerusalem; Botswana Int Univ Sci Technol; Univ Rennes; Univ Free State; Univ Oxford; Natl Univ Singapore; Thammasat Univ; Univ Torino; Bharathiar Univ; Natl Museum Namibia; 5A Sagar Sangeet; Ajou Univ; Jovan Hadzi Inst Biol; Univ Greifswald; McGill Univ; Macquarie Univ; Univ Midreshet Ben Gurion; Univ Novi Sad; Natl Museums Kenya; Sch Adv Studies IUSS; Univ Malaya; Fed Univ; Univ Waikato; Museo Civ Sci Nat E Caffi; Rudjer Boskovic Inst; Warwickshire Coll Univ Ctr; Nelson Mandela Univ; Univ Antananrivo; Univ Nebraska; Univ Toronto; Auckland War Mem Museum; Univ Auckland; Muranga Univ Technol; Pomeranian Univ Slupsk; Univ Turku; Univ Tennessee; Univ Florida Mass media plays an important role in the construction and circulation of risk perception associated with animals. Widely feared groups such as spiders frequently end up in the spotlight of traditional and social media. We compiled an expert curated global database on the online newspaper coverage of human spider encounters over the past ten years 2010 2020 . This database includes information about the location of each human spider encounter reported in the news article and a quantitative characterisation of the content location, presence of photographs of spiders and bites, number and type of errors, consultation of experts, and a subjective assessment of sensationalism. In total, we collected 5348 unique news articles from 81 countries in 40 languages. The database refers to 211 identified and unidentified spider species and 2644 unique human spider encounters 1121 bites and 147 as deadly bites . To facilitate data reuse, we explain the main caveats that need to be made when analysing this database and discuss research ideas and questions that can be explored with it. 9 Published version Published version 2022_MAMMOLA ET AL Scientific Data.pdf Articolo in rivista Nature Publishing Group 2052 4463 Scientific data Scientific data Scientific data stefano.mammola MAMMOLA STEFANO alejandro.martinezgarcia MARTINEZ GARCIA ALEJANDRO |
