Image: patterns of air movement caused by a flying locust (middle and right columns) are similar to air patterns predicted by a computer simulation (left column).

Compared with traditional forecast method in fire forecast, digital image processing method can improve the precision of predicting, shorten predicted time, offer more abundant fire information etc.

If the public regard the image of the media environment as the reality environment, they would fall into the trap predicted by "Thomas Theorem" and may accept misunderstanding as fact.