An Evaluation of Media Coverage of Wildfire Issues

This module is the sixth in the Fire Ecology and Management Series.  This module is an adaptation of a previous NCSR module and is designed to provide students with the skills to objectively evaluate articles published on wildfire-related issues such as salvage logging, wildfire impacts and thinning as a tool for reducing the probability of catastrophic wildfire. The module includes a brief PowerPoint presentation that provides some context for the activity,

a detailed procedure and citations for suggested articles for review. The module should be used in conjunction with the NCSR module: Evaluation of Media Coverage of an Environmental Issue (see Addendum A included in this module).

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this module, students should be able to:

• Critically evaluate an article on a wildfire-related issue
• Recognize some common types of bias in an article

Sample PowerPoint Slide with instructor notes

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