i don’t think we need to worry too much about ‘crying wolf’. The effects of media coverage and persuasive messaging on (1) attitudes, and (2) perceived issue importance both substantially (though not necessarily entirely) wash out in a matter of weeks to months.
So I think we should be somewhat worried about wasted efforts—not having a sufficiently concrete action plan to capitalise on the attention gained—but not so much about lasting negative effects.
(More speculatively: I expect that there are useful professional field-building effects that will last longer than public opinion effects though, e.g. certain researchers deciding it now merits their attention, which make these efforts worthwhile any.)
i don’t think we need to worry too much about ‘crying wolf’. The effects of media coverage and persuasive messaging on (1) attitudes, and (2) perceived issue importance both substantially (though not necessarily entirely) wash out in a matter of weeks to months.
So I think we should be somewhat worried about wasted efforts—not having a sufficiently concrete action plan to capitalise on the attention gained—but not so much about lasting negative effects.
(More speculatively: I expect that there are useful professional field-building effects that will last longer than public opinion effects though, e.g. certain researchers deciding it now merits their attention, which make these efforts worthwhile any.)