Sharks have been stigmatized on screen for decades, from the 1975 movie Jaws, in which a gigantic great white shark terrorizes a resort island off the coast of Massachusetts, to the 2013 movie ...
In a new study, researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego found that the background music in shark documentaries affects viewers’ perceptions of ...
That scary, ominous music that plays whenever sharks are featured on nature documentaries is taking a big toll: It's making people feel unjustly terrified of sharks, and these negative feelings are ...
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 5 (UPI) --Music is an integral part of film, adding emotional depth to the experience of watching images on screen, but oceanographers fear ominous music used in documentaries about ...
In a new study, San Diego researchers find that people's perception of sharks can be strongly shaped by music. The scientists say the ominous music so frequently paired with shark footage makes people ...
In a new study, researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego found that the background music in shark documentaries affects viewers' perceptions of ...