ArticleScientific data2022
An expert-curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites.
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Article in Scientific data, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Diagnosis of human envenoming by terrestrial venomous animals: Routine, advances, and perspectives.Toxicon: X · 2024Article
- The influence of spider news on online information-seeking.PloS one · 2024Article
- Global response of conservationists across mass media likely constrained bat persecution due to COVID-19.Biological conservation · 2022Article
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65 authors.
Stefano MammolaLaboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe), Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. stefano.mammola@cnr.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4471-9055
Jagoba Malumbres-Olarte *Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe), Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6878-5719
Valeria ArabeskyAlbert Katz International School for Desert Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Beersheba, Israel.
Diego Alejandro Barrales-AlcaláColección Nacional de Arácnidos, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8049-6613
Aimee Lynn Barrion-DupoEnvironmental Biology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences and Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Banos, 4031, Los Baños, Philippines.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4142-0266
Marco Antonio BenamúCentro Universitario de Rivera, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-8059
Tharina L BirdDitsong National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 4197, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4409-8866
Maria BogomolovaFreelance translator, Verbania Pallanza, Italy.
Pedro CardosoLaboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe), Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8119-9960
Maria ChatzakiDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7529-8962
Ren-Chung ChengDepartment of Life sciences, National Chung Hsing University, No.145 Xingda Rd., South Dist., Taichung City, 402204, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9785-718X
Tien-Ai ChuDepartment of Life sciences, National Chung Hsing University, No.145 Xingda Rd., South Dist., Taichung City, 402204, Taiwan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6915-2024
Leticia M Classen-RodríguezDepartment of Biology, Macelwane Hall, 3507 Laclede Avenue, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2870-8169
Iva ČupićCroatian Biospeleological Society, Rooseveltov trg 6, Zagreb, Croatia.
Naufal Urfi Dhiya'ulhaqProgram Sarjana, Fakultas Biologi, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6563-4643
André-Philippe Drapeau PicardInsectarium de Montréal, Espace pour la vie, 4101, rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, Québec, H1X 2B2, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0058-0124
Hisham K El-HennawySerket, Arachnid Collection of Egypt (ACE), Cairo, Egypt.
Mert ElvericiErzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Biology Department, 24002, Erzincan, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3233-9968
Caroline S FukushimaLaboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe), Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7909-0173
Zeana GanemThe National Natural History Collections, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel.
Efrat Gavish-RegevThe National Natural History Collections, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, 9190401, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7359-1492
Naledi T GonnyeBotswana International University of Science and Technology, Palapye, Botswana.
Axel HacalaUMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, Université de Rennes, 263 Avenue du Gal Leclerc, CS 74205, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2071-8541
Charles R HaddadDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2317-7760
Thomas HesselbergDepartment of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PS, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9735-2488
Tammy Ai Tian HoDepartment of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1122-2103
Thanakorn IntoDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, Rangsit, Pathum Thani, 12121, Thailand.
Marco IsaiaDept. of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Via Accademia Albertina, 13 - 10123, Torino, Italy.
Dharmaraj JayaramanUnit of Conservation Biology, Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 641046, Tamilnadu, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9698-9516
Nanguei KaruaeraNational Museum of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.
Rajashree Khalap5A Sagar Sangeet, SBS Marg, Mumbai, 400005, India.
Kiran Khalap5A Sagar Sangeet, SBS Marg, Mumbai, 400005, India.
Dongyoung KimDepartment of Biological Sciences, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2049-4872
Tuuli KorhonenLaboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe), Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Simona Kralj-FišerResearch Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Jovan Hadži Institute of Biology, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6604-2332
Heidi LandUniversity of Greifswald, Zoological Institute and Museum, General and Systematic Zoology, Loitzerstrasse 26, 17489, Greifswald, Germany.
Shou-Wang LinUniversity of Greifswald, Zoological Institute and Museum, General and Systematic Zoology, Loitzerstrasse 26, 17489, Greifswald, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5860-4454
Sarah LobodaDepartment of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21 111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4330-4405
Elizabeth LoweDepartment of Biological Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2122, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3792-3178
Yael LubinBlaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Beersheba, Israel.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-1668
Alejandro MartínezMolecular Ecology Group (MEG), Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IRSA), Largo Tonolli 50, 28922, Verbania Pallanza, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0073-3688
Zingisile MboDepartment of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa.
Marija MiličićLaboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe), Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3154-660X
Grace Mwende KiokoNational Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill, P.O. BOX 40658- 00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
Veronica NanniDept. of Life Science and Systems Biology, University of Torino, Via Accademia Albertina, 13 - 10123, Torino, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6379-7764
Yusoff Norma-RashidInstitute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1450-1995
Daniel NwankwoDepartment of Animal and Environmental Biology, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.
Christina J PaintingTe Aka Mātuatua School of Science, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0701-2648
Aleck PangIndependent researcher, Toronto, Canada.
Paolo PantiniMuseo Civico di Scienze Naturali "E. Caffi", Piazza Cittadella, 10, I-24129, Bergamo, Italy.
Martina PavlekCroatian Biospeleological Society, Rooseveltov trg 6, Zagreb, Croatia.
Richard PearceBiodiversity Research Laboratory, Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire College University Centre, Warwickshire, United Kingdom.
Booppa PetcharadDepartment of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, Rangsit, Pathum Thani, 12121, Thailand.
Julien PétillonUMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, Université de Rennes, 263 Avenue du Gal Leclerc, CS 74205, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7611-5133
Onjaherizo Christian RaberahonaDepartment of Entomology, University of Antananrivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Joni A SaarinenLaboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research (LIBRe), Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Laura Segura-HernándezSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68588, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1165-3889
Lenka SentenskáDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, Ontario, M1C 1A4, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5723-9245
Gabriele UhlUniversity of Greifswald, Zoological Institute and Museum, General and Systematic Zoology, Loitzerstrasse 26, 17489, Greifswald, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8758-7913
Leilani WalkerNatural Sciences, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Parnell, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand.
Charles M WaruiMurang'a University of Technology, Department of Physical & Biological Sciences, P.O.Box 75-10200, Murang'a, Kenya.
Konrad WiśniewskiInstitute of Biology and Earth Sciences, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Arciszewskiego 22a, 76-200, Słupsk, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6780-3292
Alireza ZamaniZoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI-20014, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Catherine Scott *Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21 111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0860-4805
Angela Chuang *Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6847-5115
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Mass media plays an important role in the construction and circulation of risk perception associated with animals. Widely feared groups such as spiders frequently end up in the spotlight of traditional and social media. We compiled an expert-curated global database on the online newspaper coverage of human-spider encounters over the past ten years (2010-2020). This database includes information about the location of each human-spider encounter reported in the news article and a quantitative characterisation of the content-location, presence of photographs of spiders and bites, number and type of errors, consultation of experts, and a subjective assessment of sensationalism. In total, we collected 5348 unique news articles from 81 countries in 40 languages. The database refers to 211 identified and unidentified spider species and 2644 unique human-spider encounters (1121 bites and 147 as deadly bites). To facilitate data reuse, we explain the main caveats that need to be made when analysing this database and discuss research ideas and questions that can be explored with it.
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Spider BitesSpidersSpider VenomsAnimalsDatabases, FactualHumansLanguageNewspapers as TopicSpider Venoms
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