Among the following, which were frequently mentioned in the news for the outbreak of Ebola virus recently?

This snippet explicitly describes the West Africa Ebola outbreak and lists the primarily affected West African countries, indicating news focus on those locales.

A student could use this to argue news coverage likely concentrated on West African countries (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia) rather than distant Middle Eastern states like Syria and Jordan, and then check 2015 news archives for mention frequency.

This snippet highlights large-scale displacement and migration involving Syria, showing Syria is discussed in contexts (refugees, displacement) that can be cross-referenced with epidemic reporting.

A student could test whether epidemic coverage linked Ebola to refugee/migration topics involving Syria by searching 2015 reports for combined keywords (Ebola + refugees/Syria).

This snippet shows Syria and Jordan are often mentioned together in news about regional resource/conflict issues, demonstrating they appear in international reporting on Middle Eastern topics.

A student might extend this pattern to ask if Syria/Jordan appear in global health reporting similarly, then compare counts of Middle East vs West Africa mentions in 2015 Ebola coverage.

This geographic snippet connects northern Syria to East Africa via the Great Rift Valley, suggesting potential geographic narratives that link the Middle East and Africa in some accounts.

A student could examine whether such geographic-link narratives caused journalists to mention Syria in pan-regional Ebola stories by checking geographic framing in 2015 articles.

This snippet lists Jordan among countries suffering desertification, indicating Jordan is present in environmental/development reporting that might sometimes intersect with global health discourse.

A student could search whether environmental vulnerability pieces in 2015 linked Jordan to Ebola discussions (e.g., concern about disease spread in fragile states) to assess mention frequency.

Explicitly names 'Ebola fever in West Africa (Guinea, Sierra-Leone, Libara, etc.)', linking those countries to an Ebola outbreak.

A student could infer these country names were the canonical West African locations for Ebola and then check 2015 news archives to see if reporting repeatedly mentioned them.

Lists Ebola virus among 'new and poorly understood diseases' disproportionately affecting Africa, establishing a pattern of Africa-focused coverage for such diseases.

Use this pattern to expect Africa—and by extension its affected countries—to be frequent subjects in disease news; verify by sampling 2015 news stories for country mentions.

States Ebola fever as an example of diseases likely to increase with global changes, framing Ebola as a notable public-health topic.

Treat Ebola as a high-profile disease likely to generate sustained media attention; then check 2015 media frequency for the specific West African countries named elsewhere.

Groups Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone together in a list of countries (groundnut producers), showing these countries are often mentioned as a West African set.

Because news stories often refer to regional groupings, a student could expect media reports on a West African epidemic to repeatedly name the same cluster of countries and confirm via 2015 news searches.

Includes Liberia and Sierra Leone in an international-country list, indicating they appear regularly in multi-country listings and databases.

Use the tendency of these countries to appear in lists to hypothesize frequent mention in contextual reporting (e.g., outbreak summaries) and test with 2015 news datasets.

Explicitly locates the Ebola fever outbreak in West Africa (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia), implying primary news focus was on West African countries.

A student could infer that news coverage would concentrate on the listed West African countries rather than distant Pacific countries like the Philippines or Papua New Guinea, and then check 2015 news archives for frequency by country.

States Ebola fever as a disease likely to increase with climatic changes alongside other tropical diseases, treating Ebola as a disease associated with certain regions.

Use the regional association to compare expected media mentions: if Ebola is tied to West/Central Africa, expect fewer mentions of Pacific countries unless they had direct cases or policy links; verify by searching 2015 coverage for mentions of Philippines/PNG.

Explains modern media rapidly transmits global developments, so distant countries can appear in coverage if there is direct relevance (cases, aid, travel bans).

A student could use this rule to justify checking whether Philippines/PNG had direct ties (cases, evacuees, policy responses) that would generate frequent mentions despite distance.

Lists Papua New Guinea among members of an international Coalition for Rainforest Nations, showing PNG appears in global policy lists distinct from West Africa.

A student might infer PNG is more often discussed in environmental/policy contexts, so to judge its frequency in Ebola news one should look for crossover reasons (e.g., policy responses or international aid) in 2015 reports.

Groups Philippines and New Guinea-Papua together in a list of plantation-producing countries, demonstrating these countries commonly appear in economic/geographic lists rather than in West African disease contexts.

A student can use this to hypothesise that routine reportage about these countries is often economic/geographic in nature; to test the statement they should examine 2015 Ebola headlines for whether mentions of these countries were frequent or exceptional.