In search of prescriptive rhetoric: How news media in Australia, North America and the United Kingdom report shark-related human fatalities.

Great white shark By Terry Goss, CC BY 2.5 Introduction In 2017 there have been five confirmed fatal shark-human encounters globally[1] (Tracking Sharks, 2017).  Three out of 11 shark species associated with human fatality are believed responsible for 86% of fatalities; great white shark, tiger shark and bull shark (ISAF, 2011). Holland et al. (1999)[…]

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