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Video Summary for //How the Wolves Changed Rivers//

 * 1) Who created the message? A sustainable man, George Manbiot.
 * 2) What is the target audience? People who live by rivers or for the people who don't know much about Yellowstone National Park/animals. Also people who love animals/nature.
 * 3)  What creative techniques can be used to attract attention? It gave us a visual to see how the park changed over time. Based on our viewpoint makes the message differently. For an example positive thinkers might think wolves are wonderful creatures because they saved and renewed the park. Others, like negative thinkers, might say wolves are just decreasing the amount of deers in the park.
 * 4) How might different people understand a message differently? Some people might think that wolves are still hunting the wildlife, others might think that this is very important and the want to help.
 * 5)  Why is the message being sent? They want us to be informed how wolves saves Yellowstone National Park.
 * 6) Write a summary statement of the science information in the video. I learned that a trophic cascade is a process in the food chain that starts at the top and trickles all the way down to the bottom. Also animals can affect the environment in miraculous ways.

Text Summary //for Has the Reintroduction of Wolves Really Saved Yellowstone?//

 * 1) Who created the message? Emily Gertz, from popsci, created the message.
 * 2) What is the target audience? People who believed or thought that wolves saved the Yellowstone National Park.
 * 3)  What creative techniques can be used to attract attention? Showing different types of animals such as wolves, deer, and birds. Also showing different landscapes such as valleys, mountains, and forests.
 * 4)  How might different people understand a message differently? Some people might think that wolves are still hunting the wildlife, others might think that this is very important and the want to help.
 * 5) Why is the message being sent? To inform readers that wolves are not bad animals they help the wildlife.
 * 6) Write a summary statement of the science information from the text. I learned that a food web a series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions. Also that wolves are apex predators because their predators residing at the top of a food chain upon which no other creatures prey.

Why is important to understand for any message:

 * 1) Who created a message? Someone who cares about something that is happening in the world good or bad.
 * 2) What is the target audience? A particular group at which a film, book, or advertising campaign is aimed at.
 * 3) What creative techniques can be used to attract attention? Some pictures or words that attract the reader/viewer either what they like or if they care about it.
 * 4) How might different people understand a message differently? People have different opinions or views about what is happening.
 * 5) Why is a message being sent? To make people aware whats gong on in their country/world around them.