Anthropomorphized Nonhuman Animals in Mass Media and Their Influence on Human Attitudes Toward Wildlife

IF 0.6 4区农林科学 Q4 SOCIOLOGY

Society & Animals Pub Date : 2020-09-23 DOI:10.1163/15685306-bja10021

C. Grasso, C. Lenzi, Siobhan I. Speiran, F. Pirrone

引用次数: 5

Abstract

Anthropomorphic figures of nonhuman animals are omnipresent in various forms of mass media (e.g., movies, books, and advertising). The depiction of companion and wild animals, including nonhuman primates (e.g., chimpanzees), as possessing human characteristics or behaviors can influence these animals’ desirability as companions. Ultimately, this can distort general public perception of what constitutes “normal” wild behavior, as well as the conservation status of these animals. Therefore, anthropomorphic animal representations can contribute to the spread of misleading messages that may have highly unpredictable effects. In the present review, we have highlighted various articles from the academic literature which focus on anthropomorphised animals, noting the main thematic issues. We suggest that further studies on this topic are needed to deepen such a complex and not yet clarified topic.

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大众传媒中拟人化的非人类动物及其对人类对野生动物态度的影响

非人类动物的拟人化形象在各种形式的大众媒体(如电影、书籍和广告)中无处不在。将伴侣动物和野生动物，包括非人类灵长类动物(如黑猩猩)描述为具有人类特征或行为，可以影响这些动物作为伴侣的可取性。最终，这可能会扭曲公众对“正常”野生动物行为的认知，以及这些动物的保护状况。因此，拟人化的动物表征可能有助于误导性信息的传播，这些信息可能具有高度不可预测的影响。在目前的回顾中，我们强调了学术文献中关注拟人化动物的各种文章，并指出了主要的主题问题。我们建议需要对这一主题进行进一步的研究，以深化这一复杂而尚未明确的主题。

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来源期刊

Society & Animals 社会科学-兽医学

CiteScore

1.40

自引率

12.50%

发文量

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Society & Animals publishes studies that describe and analyze our experiences of non-human animals from the perspective of various disciplines within both the Social Sciences (e.g., psychology, sociology, anthropology, political science) and the Humanities (e.g., history, literary criticism). The journal specifically deals with subjects such as human-animal interactions in various settings (animal cruelty, the therapeutic uses of animals), the applied uses of animals (research, education, medicine and agriculture), the use of animals in popular culture (e.g. dog-fighting, circus, animal companion, animal research), attitudes toward animals as affected by different socializing agencies and strategies, representations of animals in literature, the history of the domestication of animals, the politics of animal welfare, and the constitution of the animal rights movement.