I wonder what events these articles were written following, since it might not be the animal welfare content that matters. When something major happens in the industry, animal welfare coverage might follow regardless just because of greater attention. If there’s a disease outbreak, we might see both health/safety content and animal welfare articles, but the health/safety content might be what drives the reduction in demand. My impression is that the effects of health/safety information are stronger than animal welfare information.
Maybe a replication should include separate counts for articles about animal welfare, the environment and health/safety in the models (with articles allowed to count towards multiple), and possibly just an overall count for coverage of animal agriculture.
I wonder what events these articles were written following, since it might not be the animal welfare content that matters. When something major happens in the industry, animal welfare coverage might follow regardless just because of greater attention. If there’s a disease outbreak, we might see both health/safety content and animal welfare articles, but the health/safety content might be what drives the reduction in demand. My impression is that the effects of health/safety information are stronger than animal welfare information.
Maybe a replication should include separate counts for articles about animal welfare, the environment and health/safety in the models (with articles allowed to count towards multiple), and possibly just an overall count for coverage of animal agriculture.