Tickled to Death: Analysing Public Perceptions of 'Cute' Videos of Threatened Species (Slow Lorises - Nycticebus spp.) on Web 2.0 Sites

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Nekaris, By K Anne Isola ^a   Campbell, Nicola ^a   Coggins, Tim G ^b   Rode, E Johanna ^a   Nijman, Vincent ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Sonicated LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIORISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 84880797911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069215     Document Type: Article

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