Human Positioning in Close-Encounter Photographs and the Effect on Public Perceptions of Zoo Animals.

ABSTRACT: With the rising popularity of social media, conservation organisations and zoos need to understand its impact on public perceptions of the animals they house and their role in conservation. In addition, many zoos offer close-encounter experiences, and visitors frequently share images from these experiences online. This study measured the effects that viewing such encounter images had on public perceptions of both the zoo and the animals they saw. One of sixteen images was randomly presented to participants in two samples: one of Zoo Community followers and members of Zoos Victoria (n = 963), and a representative sample of the Australian public (n = 1619). Each image featured one of four animals (Eclectus parrot, Kangaroo Island kangaroo, Monteith's leaf insect, Centralian carpet python) an

SUBMITTER: Shaw MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8749715 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature