User:Adobecloudbutnotreally/Evaluate an Article

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Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) Visual communication

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.) I chose this article to evaluate this article because social media plays a large roll in some people's lives. It has many uses and functions in society. It would be great to evaluate this article to make sure that people are getting correct information about something that might play a big role in their life.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

Lead Section


 * The article starts off with a definition of what visual communication is and gives and example which is good. The source for the definition is valid because it comes from a company that actually provided graphic services so they would need to know what visual culture is and what components go into it.
 * The lead does give a description of what the main sections are about. It gives examples of what visual communication can be, the components that go into it, and its uses over time. It also mentions the political aspects of visual culture which is also mentioned as a section later on.
 * The lead is concise and the details come later on in the section

Content


 * The content in the article is relevant to communication through images (visual communication)
 * I would fact-check the portion of social media that says there is a limit to internet which is a drawback. This could be true but there should be a source there because the reaches of the internet have gotten wider overtime.
 * All of the content seems to belong there.
 * The topic does not specifically mention underrepresented populations besides the comment of internet access being limited. But nothing is specified after that.

Tone and balance


 * The article is neutral without claims that seem to be biased.
 * The only viewpoints that would be represented are the equity gaps that were mentioned before.
 * There does not seem to be any attempts of persuasion in this article.

Sources and references


 * There were quite a few articles that were linked to wiki pages. Some of those articles are fine and others have issues presented on them. One of the links did not work. The rest of the links are academic sites.

Organization and writing quality


 * The writing is clear and well organized.

Images and media


 * There are two images in the article that are not fully effective. The first one is a drawing that has handwriting that is not fully clear. The second one is a pictures of social media platforms on keyboard. This could be a more effective images for the social media category.

Talk page


 * The article is apart of three wiki projects and is listed as a level 5 article

Overall


 * The article is not bad. It is very informative without bias. The only thing it really needs is better sources and more images that are clear and in line with the message.