User:Danted313/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Mediatization

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because Mediatization is a key topic that we discussed in one of our early Theories of the Media classes. Mediatization has been an important concept since the days of radio and newspaper supremacy, and is even more critical for everyone to understand now since we are living in a digital world where different mediums of media are everywhere we go. My initial impression is that it is an decent article, as it is very educational but could use improvements in its lead, writing-style, conciseness, and media elements.

Evaluate the article

 * The lead section summarizes the concept and theory of mediatization very well, but it is a bit lengthy.
 * The organization of the article, through the different headings and subheadings, is great and the content within each section is relevant and decently well-written.
 * The article is neutrally written from what I am able to tell, and a variety of balanced sources were used.
 * There are many sources and everything within the realm of referencing and citing seems to be done correctly.
 * I believe this article could be better written if some of content was made a bit more concise. A lot of the explanations, while helpful, do reach a similarly unnecessary length as the lead.
 * I did find that the article is extremely text-heavy however, as there are no photos or accompanying visuals, which I find drags down the page a great deal.
 * The talk-page is not very active, and there are large gaps between the different comments and edits.
 * I do believe more work could be done on this page, using some of the suggestions I left above. The article was rated Start-Class on the quality scale and Mid-importance on the importance scale.