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

 * 1) Who created the message? By Sustainable Man.
 * 2) What is the target audience? Everyone who enjoys nature and wildlife and most people in general.
 * 3) What creative techniques can be used to attract attention? The producers constantly showed the different animals in action to show how interesting and beautiful the animals are. This helps grab the viewer's attention.
 * 4) How might different people understand a message differently? Some people might disagree with the video and feel that re-introducing the wolves affected Yellowstone negatively but others might agree with the video and feel that it was a positive effect for the wildlife habitats of the national park.
 * 5) Why is the message being sent? To show how the wolves have changed Yellowstone for the better.
 * 6) Write a summary statement of the science information in the video. Wolves kill many animals but they also give life to others. Wolves were absent from Yellowstone for 70 years so the population of deer constantly rose and reduced the vegetation severely. After the wolves were introduced, the deer population decreased so the vegetation began to come back which also helped other animals and gave animals, like the beaver, a better habitat.

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

 * 1) Who created the message? By Emily Gertz of Popular Science.
 * 2) What is the target audience? Outdoor type people, people who enjoy Yellowstone, and everyone in general
 * 3) What creative techniques can be used to attract attention? They bolded important words and used quotes to grab the reader's attention.
 * 4) How might different people understand a message differently? People will take this differently when some agree with the article saying that the wolves aren't the best option and don't help while others will disagree and say it is the best option and is working.
 * 5) Why is the message being sent? To show people the two sides of the argument and to show that wolves aren't the primary solution.
 * 6) Write a summary statement of the science information in the video. While the wolves are important to helping the Yellowstone's wildlife, studies show they aren't the primary solution and scientists say that they don't believe that deer could affect 60% of Yellowstone's ecosystem so they are trying to find a new solution.

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 * 1) Who created a message? People who want to get a point across or persuade people about something.
 * 2) What is the target audience? The readers or viewers who are being persuaded to do something or are reading someone else's point of view.
 * 3) What creative techniques can be used to attract attention? People can use bold or different colored words, pictures, icons, symbols, or maybe even music.
 * 4) How might different people understand a message differently? People might understand a message differently because the message might have a controversial or one sided point so others might debate the topic or message with their own point of view or opinion.
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