ENVS 3020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jea, Microcephaly, Larvicide

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Environmental Sciences
• Course: ENVS 3020
• Professor: Ryan Prosser

Document Summary

You will have the opportunity to reflect on your personal news literacy based on your experience with the media. Comparing and contrasting your experiences with your group will hone your skills. It will be a class effort to identify media biases and reputable sources you can use to check facts about pesticides and the environment. We have seen examples of historical controversies over pesticide use and it will continue to be a theme throughout the course. New literacy and media bias are particularly relevant to the risk and regulation of pesticide use. The silent spring documentary illustrated that controversy over pesticide use is a result of varying interpretations of the associated risks. The debate over the pros and cons of pesticide use by scientists, government regulators and the public has persisted into the twenty first century (e. g. , stephenson and solomon 2007). Therefore, it is important to understand what influences our perception of risk.