Social Media and Large Carnivores: Sharing Biased News on Attacks on Humans

The Internet and social media (SM) have profoundly changed the way the public receives and transmits news. The ability of the web to quickly disperse information both geographically and temporally allows SM to reach a much wider audience compared to traditional mass media. A powerful role is played by sharing, as millions of people routinely share news on SM platforms, influencing each other by transmitting their mood and feelings to others...