West Nile Virus Response
The West Nile Virus Reading was an extremely interesting piece that really focused on the concepts of an Issue Analysis and how to put together a well thought out form of risk communication. The most important thing to remember about this piece is that it is intended for an audience very knowledgable on the subject. I sometimes felt bogged down in the language being used and in the lack of description of the virus itself. What this piece really helped me to understand was the meaning of an Issue Analysis and what it’s intended purpose is. I found that to really make a great analysis of your risk communication project, you have to make sure to gain the audience’s trust and how credible they feel you are. It is extremely important to make sure that you have built up a list of credible sources that will make you seem more knowledgable on a subject. It is also important to give information on ways to convey that information that you have to a less knowledgable audience, like will be done in the final piece of risk communication. How your form of communication and what you are going to do is important to remember as well. You have to do the research for the project to show that you know what is best in the situation.
