TITLE:
A Collection of Creature Restoration Inaccuracies in the Jurassic Park Franchise and Their Implications
AUTHORS:
Yushi Hu
KEYWORDS:
Science Representation, Dinosaur, Stereotype, Film, Media
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Journalism and Communication,
Vol.10 No.4,
December
30,
2022
ABSTRACT: The Jurassic Park franchise is one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. Here, I show that many representations of dinosaurs and other palaeo-organisms in the franchise are inaccurate, being vastly different from their real-life counterparts in major aspects, and they negatively affect the public’s view of palaeo-organisms by imprinting stereotypes. A complete list of inaccuracies that has the potential to deviate the public impression of palaeo-organisms are listed in this article via research, and the implications of these inaccuracies are studied and discussed with an analysis of an online questionnaire.