Fig 1. Temporal correlation of submissions of media reports between 2014 and 2017.

(a) Combined plot of numbers of media reports (right y-axis) and submissions (left y-axis). The blue coloured ticks on the x-axis represent the dates of releases by the dpa regional studio Berlin-Brandenburg. Note the media echo and submission response to the dpa-release on June 6, 2016. (b) Cross-correlation analysis shows the highest value at -1, the blue dashed lines indicate a confidence threshold for α = 0.05.