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#SharkWeek pulls 35 million viewers each year, not counting its social reach. This is a massive platform that touts conservation and education as among it’s primary goals. Right now it’s programming choices don’t support these goals. [THREAD]
What #SharkWeek does well:
- create excitement for sharks
- build a community of fans
- leverage celebrities to bring new audiences
- introduce viewers to (some) cool #sharkscience
What #SharkWeek gets wrong:
- edited for faux drama
- fear-mongering narratives, music, tone
- same few sharks, same few faces
- conflating experience with expertise
- presents a narrow view of science and scientists
- shark attack programming
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