The frequency of news reporting about scientific topics is positively related to public interest as well as to public support for science funding and public policy change. This correlation can also have positive impacts on individual scientific careers depending on the chosen subject area of research. Analysis of a public news database shows the frequency and trends in news reporting of several popular research areas in the aquatic sciences. The frequency of appearance of topics in the news varies over more than three orders of magnitude. Temporal trends in reporting vary from steeply increasing (+25% per year) to declining (−4% per year). Suggestions are offered concerning the framing of research topics and overall better communication of research findings to journalists and the general public. This understanding may increase news prominence, public interest, science funding, and policy change in aquatic research areas.

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水产科学中的热点和冷门——理解和改进新闻报道


有关科学主题的新闻报道频率与公众利益以及公众对科学资助和公共政策变化的支持呈正相关。这种相关性还可以对个人科学职业产生积极影响，具体取决于所选的研究主题领域。对公共新闻数据库的分析显示了水产科学中几个热门研究领域的新闻报道频率和趋势。新闻中主题出现的频率变化超过三个数量级。报告的时间趋势从急剧增加（每年+25%）到下降（每年-4%）不等。就研究主题的框架以及总体上更好地向记者和公众传达研究结果提出了建议。这种理解可能会增加水生研究领域的新闻知名度、公众兴趣、科学资助和政策变化。