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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title: Internet Meme
 * Article Evaluation:
 * The article is rated C-class, but with high importance making it a good article to work on. The current topic is extremely relevant as meme culture has not only taking over the online discussion, but has also become apart of offline discussion. These memes do retain some sort of neutrality as both liberal and conservative groups use these images as well as many communities across the world use these "funny" images. Most of the claims do have a citation attached, but since this is a working article there do have as many citations as other more advanced articles do. When looking closer at the talk page, there are active comments and work being done on this article which could help when making additions. However the article on memes is missing the important role the youth and young people played in the spreading of memes with the word "youth" only being mentioned once. Also it needs to go more in depth on the social connotation and social fall out that can happen due to these memes.
 * Sources:
 * 1) NEW MEDIA, YOUTH, AND PARTICIPATORY CULTURE: INTERNET MEMES DURING THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS IN BRAZIL: Discusses youth and the role young people played specifically online in relation to the impeachment of Brazil's president. Discusses how they spread internet memes discussing the impeachment process.
 * 2) Look at Us, We Have Anxiety: Youth, Memes, and the Power of Online Cultural Politics: In this article, the researcher explores the power of memes in relation to contemporary politics and how these popular jokes have given more power to the youth.
 * 1) NEW MEDIA, YOUTH, AND PARTICIPATORY CULTURE: INTERNET MEMES DURING THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS IN BRAZIL: Discusses youth and the role young people played specifically online in relation to the impeachment of Brazil's president. Discusses how they spread internet memes discussing the impeachment process.
 * 2) Look at Us, We Have Anxiety: Youth, Memes, and the Power of Online Cultural Politics: In this article, the researcher explores the power of memes in relation to contemporary politics and how these popular jokes have given more power to the youth.

Option 2

 * Article title: Virtual Community
 * Article Evaluation: The article is rated as C class with top performance making it also a good article to work on. The current topic of virtual community is very important as more and more people are looking and finding salvation online when they can't find if offline. Although most of the arguments are backed up, the article does not have a large selection of sources and needs more citations for information they discuss. The topic of a virtual community does remain neutral because people from all communities across the world have turned to the internet to find a deeper connections with people who have similar beliefs. However some improvements that need to be made for the article is the deeper research on what communities are forming and specifically by who. When looking at the article, youth is only mentioned once however a large reason why these virtual communities have become so popular is because of young people. It also does not mention the safety that can come from these virtual communities on and off line
 * Sources:
 * 1) Young people and virtual communities.New ways of learning and of social participation in the digital society: This research article is based in Spain and explores why the youth engage in online communities and also how learning and participation is effected through these online communities.
 * 2) Virtual Communities as Safe Spaces Created by Young Feminists: Identity, Mobility and Sense of Belonging: International Perspectives: This article looks into the safety and refuge many young activist find online within communities. It also looks at how these online communities regulate each other and themselves.
 * 1) Young people and virtual communities.New ways of learning and of social participation in the digital society: This research article is based in Spain and explores why the youth engage in online communities and also how learning and participation is effected through these online communities.
 * 2) Virtual Communities as Safe Spaces Created by Young Feminists: Identity, Mobility and Sense of Belonging: International Perspectives: This article looks into the safety and refuge many young activist find online within communities. It also looks at how these online communities regulate each other and themselves.

Option 3

 * Article title: Internet Influence
 * Article Justification: There is no article specifically addressing the influence of the internet and online culture on the offline society. Although there articles on the internet, internet memes and even internet celebrities there is not an article about the influence online culture has on the public. This article could talk about the influence of the internet and online culture on how we interact with each other offline. This article could also discusses the offline influence online activity has on political activity offline and even the influence of the internet on how the public thinks about their government. For example the online activity of "going live" on the internet has now been adopted within politics with some representatives connecting to their constituents by going live on platforms to talk with the public.
 * Sources:
 * 1) Essay On Effects of Technology on Interpersonal Communication: This article touches on how technology and the internet has changed how interpersonal communications transpire and how people have drifted away from voice to voice contact but are still getting closer.
 * 2) Effects of the Internet on politics: Research roundup: In this article, many topics are explored but some stand outs are discussing how the internet has potentially made politics more polarized and also how campaigns use the internet focusing on the 2012 campaign where Obama used online data in a whole new way that aided in his victory for a second term
 * 1) Essay On Effects of Technology on Interpersonal Communication: This article touches on how technology and the internet has changed how interpersonal communications transpire and how people have drifted away from voice to voice contact but are still getting closer.
 * 2) Effects of the Internet on politics: Research roundup: In this article, many topics are explored but some stand outs are discussing how the internet has potentially made politics more polarized and also how campaigns use the internet focusing on the 2012 campaign where Obama used online data in a whole new way that aided in his victory for a second term

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