Task 1: Stakeholders' Views and Tone

At the university, you may be asked to read case studies in different disciplines.
You may be asked to analyze the situation and issues faced by certain industries.
To understand these better, you need to read critically to consider the concerns
and views of all stakeholders by inferring their key messages and tone through
word choice.

1.1 The information below provides you with a background of the logging industry.
Extracted from various sources, they represent views of different stakeholders.
Read the excerpts and answer these questions:
a. Whose perspective is the view from?
b. What are the key messages, either stated clearly or inferred?
c. What is the tone? How does the word choice help you recognize the tone?

(Sources of these excerpts will be acknowledged in class.)

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 excerpt 1.
 excerpt 2.
 excerpt 3.
 excerpt 4.