Table 1 Popular media that portrayed evolution that was viewed by the researchers and the misconceptions that were identified in the references
From: Popular media and the bombardment of evolution misconceptions
Popular media references | Misconceptions |
|---|---|
Books | |
 Daddy long legs | 5 |
 Dragon slippers | 9 |
 Far Side | 1, 7 |
 Hound of the far side | 4 |
 Series animorphs | 1 |
 Goosebumps | 1 |
Movies | |
 The time machine | 2 |
 2001: space oddesy | 4, 5 |
 X-Men (whole series) | 1, 4, 7 |
 The croods | 0, 1, 2, 6, 9 |
 Jurassic park (whole series) | 0, 1, 2, 3 |
 Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy | 5 |
 Ice age | 3, 4, 7 |
 Evolution | 1, 3 |
 Planet of the apes (whole series) | 1, 4, 5, 6 |
 Minions | 1, 4 |
 High school musical | 3 |
 Tarzan | 3, 5 |
Television | |
 Spongebob squarepants | 0 |
 The big bang theory | 3, 5 |
 Phineas and ferb | 1, 3, 5, 6 |
 Pokemon | 1, 3, 4 |
 Friends | 8 |
 Bill nye the science guy | 2, 6 |
 The amazing world of gumball | 5 |
 Walking with monsters | 3 |
Video games | |
 Ancestors—the humankind odyssey | 6 |
 Pokemon | 1, 3, 4 |
 Spore | 4 |