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ARTICLE EVALUATION ON

Cross-cultural communication

CONTENT:

I think the content within the wikipedia article is very relevant. It is very much so in depth, and makes connections that make clear in describing how certain situations relate to directly to Cross-Cultural Communication. For example, when discussing the origins of this, they talk about how post WW2 and Cold War era, the advancements in society and technology lead to global capitalism which, as they pointed out, broke down a lot of previous cultural barriers. This gives the reader of a specific era they can link the origins of this concept to and understand it.

I wouldn't necessarily say anything is out of date as much of the content in the page is historical, documenting important events and happenings that contributed to the subject. The only distracting thing, if I had to pick one, was how much information there was to consume. While more information is not necessarily a bad thing, perhaps it could be condensed into a smaller form in some parts without sacrificing any of the information.

TONE:

Throughout reading the article, I didn't perceive there to be any bias whatsoever. The information is presented factually, and covers the positives and negatives of events if they applied. There is certainly nothing under represented, and I wouldn't say anything was over represented either. While the events documented are somewhat long, they are all also somewhat equal in length, not letting anything necessarily become over represented, despite their length.

SOURCES:

I clicked on a handful of the 11 sources, and each one worked and provided further elaboration on what the wikipedia page was discussing on the given topics. I think the sources are both appropriate and reliable. For example, one source talks about the "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Intercultural Communicators" describing ways one can become one of those themselves. I don't see that to be of any bias, but can only further inform the readers of the article.

TALK PAGE:

When I went to the talk page, there was only respectful and productive conversation. When there was an edit proposed, it was talked about respectfully, and the editors were more than willing to understand and compromise with one another. The article does not appear to be a part of any WikiProject. Our class is focused on Comm and Culture as a whole, and so far at least, hasn't discussed intercultural comm, at least not as directly as this article. That being said, the similarities otherwise lead me to choose this article to evaluate.