Content analysis of newspaper coverage of wolf recolonization in France using structural topic modeling

Chandelier, Marie; Steuckardt, Agnès; Mathevet, Raphaël; Diwersy, Sascha; Giménez, Olivier

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2018.01.029

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“…Bhatia et al (2013) found media outlets framed issues differently and thus offered different solutions to human-leopard conflict, potentially misleading decision makers. A content analysis of newspaper coverage of wolf recolonization in France found that a local news source tended to report more on factual issues that were humancentric, whereas the national source more frequently reported with a perspective focused on the wolf (Chandelier et al 2018). Recognizing the services and disservices that are provided by wildlife at different spatial scales is vital to assessing public opinion and understanding the circumstances that give rise to those opinions (Shackleton et al 2016).…”

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“…Although these 2 categories can reflect general trends in attitudes, they do not adequately capture variance within a group and are too broad to discern the multifarious topics within the larger issue. Studies have seldom quantified how the salience of various topics related to a wildlife species have changed over time and how these changes relate to important events or policies (Boissonneault et al 2005;Bhatia et al 2013;Chandelier et al 2018). We define salience as the prevalence or frequency of exposure of a given topic during a given period in public discourse (Kiousis 2004).…”

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Tracking a half century of media reporting on gray wolves

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Melvin

Lindquist

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Conservation Biology

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Natural resource and wildlife managers must balance the disparate priorities of a diversity of stakeholders. To manage these priorities, a firm understanding of topics salient to the public is needed. The media often report on issues of importance to the public; therefore, these reports may be a useful measure of public interest. However, efficient methods for distinguishing diverse topics related to a wildlife management issue reported in the media and changes in the salience of those topics have been lacking. We used latent Dirichlet allocation, a Bayesian mixture model, to quantitatively assess the salience of topics surrounding the gray wolf (Canis lupus), which was reintroduced to Idaho (U.S.A.) in 1995. We analyzed articles published from 1960 to 2015 in an Idaho newspaper. We identified 6 distinct topics associated with gray wolves: policy, hunting, biological status, implementation of management, recovery, and human‐wolf conflict. The salience of topics pre‐ and postreintroduction of wolves (1995) and pre‐ and postdelisting of wolves from the U.S. Endangered Species Act (2009) differed significantly, underscoring that these events were turning points in how issues were being publicly discussed and framed. Articles written by the local reporters were more likely to report on topics regarding conflict between humans and wolves, whereas articles sourced from a national outlet reported more on topics pertaining to wolf policy and biological status. In the context of managing a contentious, far‐ranging, and long‐lived wildlife species, our methods can help guide the location and timing of a suite of management strategies (e.g., media relation plans and stakeholder engagement) that promote human‐wildlife coexistence across different landscapes.

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Tracking a half century of media reporting on gray wolves

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Melvin

Lindquist

et al. 2018

Conservation Biology

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“…Although public discourse includes fearful rhetoric about wolves' predatory behavior toward humans (Barnes, 2013;Berlin, 2013; a legitimate concern more so in contexts outside North America, e.g., Behdarvand et al, 2014), measured risk perceptions of wolves have been associated with vulnerable others (e.g., domestic animals) over personal safety and interests (Lute and Gore, 2019). Thus, although bears attack humans more than wolves do (Penteriani et al, 2016), risk associated with wolves seems to dominate policy discourse (Chandelier et al, 2018;Killion et al, 2018) and impede the pursuit of a shared and acceptable level of risk. This discrepancy may be rooted in biases that arise from human perceptions of species and their traits (Lorimer, 2007;Veríssimo et al, 2017).…”

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Are We Coexisting With Carnivores in the American West?

Lute

Carter

2020

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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Human-carnivore coexistence is an oft-stated goal but assumptions about what constitutes coexistence can lead to goal misalignment and undermine policy and program efficacy. Questions about how to define coexistence remain and specific goals and methods for reaching coexistence require refining. Co-adaptation, where humans adapt to carnivores and vice versa, is a novel socioecological framework for operationalizing coexistence but has yet to be comprehensively examined. We explored co-adaptation and two additional coexistence criteria through analysis of three case studies involving large carnivores in the American West, each addressing differing approaches on how and what it means to coexist with carnivores: Mexican gray wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) in Arizona and New Mexico, grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and coyotes (Canis latrans) throughout the American West. We used a multiple case study design that analyzed within and across cases to understand coexistence broadly. For each case, we asked (1) are landscapes shared in space and/or time, (2) is co-adaptation occurring and (3) do stakeholders consider risks tolerable? To identify whether coexistence criteria are met, we investigated peer-reviewed published articles and news media and conducted key informant interviews. We found clear evidence to support land-sharing between humans and coyotes and limited spatial overlap between humans and grizzly bears and Mexican gray wolves. Co-adaptation was variable for wolves, possible with bears and clearly evident with coyotes. Tolerable risk levels are likely achievable for bears and coyotes based on the available literature assessing risk perceptions and tolerance. But disagreement regarding risk management is a driver of conflict over wolves and persistent barrier to achieving coexistence among diverse stakeholders. Patterns in coexistence criteria did not emerge based on taxonomy or geography but may be influenced by body size and behavioral plasticity. The common key to coexistence with each considered carnivore may be in more equitable distribution of costs and benefits among highly diverse stakeholders. Better understanding of these three coexistence criteria and innovative tools to achieve them will improve coexistence capacity with controversial carnivores on public and private lands in diverse American West contexts and beyond.

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“…rate, survival, reproduction) of an organism and/or its contribution to ecological processes (Cadotte, Carscadden, & Mirotchnick, 2011;Violle et al, 2007). rate, survival, reproduction) of an organism and/or its contribution to ecological processes (Cadotte, Carscadden, & Mirotchnick, 2011;Violle et al, 2007).…”

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“…LUIZ et aL. rate, survival, reproduction) of an organism and/or its contribution to ecological processes (Cadotte, Carscadden, & Mirotchnick, 2011;Violle et al, 2007). Trait-based ecology has also gained popularity because it facilitates generalization across geographies with few species in common.…”

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Trait‐based ecology of fishes: A quantitative assessment of literature trends and knowledge gaps using topic modelling

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Species traits are a new data currency to enhance our understanding of ecological patterns and processes. Trait‐based studies of fishes are numerous in comparison with other animal groups, reflecting the diversity of fish forms and functions they provide to aquatic ecosystems. We conduct a retrospective examination of literature to identify knowledge gaps and provide guidance for future research in trait‐based fish ecology. We apply an automated text mining and topic modelling to track the evolution of research topics within peer‐reviewed articles of functional traits in marine and freshwater fishes published over the past half century, explore the inter‐connections among those topics and identify emerging avenues for investigation. By mapping the topic landscape of the literature, 16 latent topics emerged that vary in their prevalence. Our results show a decline in the frequency of studies using reproductive traits to model and explore the way fish allocate energy for reproduction, and increase in studies reporting functional diversity metrics and utilizing the concept of multivariate functional space. Research focused on contributions of fish traits to ecosystem functioning also has increased in frequency. We revealed large gaps in information between growing and decreasing topics and that these gaps were derived from different types of traits being considered. We suggest that scientists break‐free from the traditions of their research field by targeting investigations that: (a) apply functional diversity metrics to a broader assortment of traits, (b) focus on traits influencing energy allocation to growth/reproduction and (c) integrate trophic‐web and behavioural studies with other topics.

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Content analysis of newspaper coverage of wolf recolonization in France using structural topic modeling

Cited by 73 publications

References 23 publications

Tracking a half century of media reporting on gray wolves

Tracking a half century of media reporting on gray wolves

Are We Coexisting With Carnivores in the American West?

Trait‐based ecology of fishes: A quantitative assessment of literature trends and knowledge gaps using topic modelling

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