More Outdoor Recreation Research & Research Results

  • Due Sep 24, 2015 by 11:59pm
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  1. Interpretive media are any non-personal services for visitors to parks and other outdoor recreation sites and protected areas. Included are exhibits, printed materials, audio-visual productions, websites, social media activities, etc. As a park manager, based on use and importance data from the National Park Service Comprehensive Survey of the American Public 2008–2009: National Technical Report Links to an external site., what forms of interpretive media would you focus the greatest amount of your attention on? Why?
  2. Based on data from the National Park Service Comprehensive Survey of the American Public 2008-2009: Racial and Ethnic Diversity of National Park System Visitors and Non-Visitors Links to an external site., would you make any different management decisions regarding interpretive media? 
  3. If you were interested in providing interpretive media services targeting the most under-represented visitors, what type of media would you focus on? Would it be the same for each group?
  4. According to the  National Park Service Comprehensive Survey of the American Public 2008-2009: Racial and Ethnic Diversity of National Park System Visitors and Non-Visitors Links to an external site., what were the most significant barriers to visiting parks for African-Americans? Hispanic or Latino Americans?
  5. According to Jason Byrne's 2012 article, When Green is White: The cultural politics of race, nature and social exclusion in a Los Angeles urban national park, what additional barriers to visitation were identified?
  6. Based on the Outdoor Nation Special Report: Turning Insiders Out Links to an external site., What would you do to reduce some of the barriers mentioned above or to attract more visitors of color?
  7. As reported in the National Park Service Comprehensive Survey of the American Public 2008–2009: National Technical Report Links to an external site., what were the five main reasons for visiting parks?
  8. How do the results presented in question 7 compare with findings from the Outdoor Foundation's Outdoor Participation Report, 2014 Links to an external site.?
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