Discovery, despite its fantastic ratings and goals, can focus on sensationalism rather than facts. Among multiple false documentaries including Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives and Mermaids: The Body Found, their Shark Week often misrepresents sharks in a violent light. It focusses on the few sharks that attack humans, but lacks information on the 500 species that pose people no danger. Its programs demonstrates sharks solely in their relationship to humans while exaggerating the amount of shark attacks. The line-up of the Documentaries for 2016 include inflammatory titles such as Return of the Mako Monster Shark, Air Jaws: The Night Stalker, and The Killing Games. Scientific facts equal impositions to their horror/thriller genre shows. When conservation is mentioned, Discovery treats it as a side note then returns to the Jaws theme. Facts do not stick with viewers when information is dispersed between violent imagery to the contrary. With how little influence scientific research has on the community, media exists as the only way to dispel myths and bring information to the public. Yet, Discovery plays with
Discovery, despite its fantastic ratings and goals, can focus on sensationalism rather than facts. Among multiple false documentaries including Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives and Mermaids: The Body Found, their Shark Week often misrepresents sharks in a violent light. It focusses on the few sharks that attack humans, but lacks information on the 500 species that pose people no danger. Its programs demonstrates sharks solely in their relationship to humans while exaggerating the amount of shark attacks. The line-up of the Documentaries for 2016 include inflammatory titles such as Return of the Mako Monster Shark, Air Jaws: The Night Stalker, and The Killing Games. Scientific facts equal impositions to their horror/thriller genre shows. When conservation is mentioned, Discovery treats it as a side note then returns to the Jaws theme. Facts do not stick with viewers when information is dispersed between violent imagery to the contrary. With how little influence scientific research has on the community, media exists as the only way to dispel myths and bring information to the public. Yet, Discovery plays with