Warning Visitors about the Potential Dangers of Dingoes on Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia
Situations where potentially dangerous animals are habituated to park visitors occur around the world. Interpretation may reduce the risk to visitors in these areas by forewarning them of the dangers of these animals. When interpretation is used in these situations, the message must be disseminated,...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/109258720200700205 2024-09-15T18:01:15+00:00 Warning Visitors about the Potential Dangers of Dingoes on Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia Porter, A.L. Howard, J. L. 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/109258720200700205 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/109258720200700205 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journal of Interpretation Research volume 7, issue 2, page 51-63 ISSN 1092-5872 2692-9376 journal-article 2002 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/109258720200700205 2024-08-05T04:41:27Z Situations where potentially dangerous animals are habituated to park visitors occur around the world. Interpretation may reduce the risk to visitors in these areas by forewarning them of the dangers of these animals. When interpretation is used in these situations, the message must be disseminated, understood, and acted on by all visitors if it is to be successful. “Be Dingo-Smart” is an interpretive program that warns visitors about the dangers of dingoes (Canis lupus dingo) on Fraser Island (Australia). Our survey of campers to the Island found that different demographic groups of visitors paid attention to, read, or deliberately ignored the different types of media used in the program. When the media was read it increased people's knowledge about dingoes on Fraser Island. This finding suggests that interpreters need to use a range of media targeted to specific groups to overcome the differences in motivations and preferences of visitors when attempting to disseminate essential messages. Additionally when a range of media and messages are used, interpretation needs to be part of an integrated visitor management strategy. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus SAGE Publications Journal of Interpretation Research 7 2 51 63 |
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Situations where potentially dangerous animals are habituated to park visitors occur around the world. Interpretation may reduce the risk to visitors in these areas by forewarning them of the dangers of these animals. When interpretation is used in these situations, the message must be disseminated, understood, and acted on by all visitors if it is to be successful. “Be Dingo-Smart” is an interpretive program that warns visitors about the dangers of dingoes (Canis lupus dingo) on Fraser Island (Australia). Our survey of campers to the Island found that different demographic groups of visitors paid attention to, read, or deliberately ignored the different types of media used in the program. When the media was read it increased people's knowledge about dingoes on Fraser Island. This finding suggests that interpreters need to use a range of media targeted to specific groups to overcome the differences in motivations and preferences of visitors when attempting to disseminate essential messages. Additionally when a range of media and messages are used, interpretation needs to be part of an integrated visitor management strategy. |
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