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This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: Social media in the fashion industry
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate.
 * As social media has continued to progress, it has taken the fashion industry with it. With it being right at one's fingertips, consumers have the ability to have first looks' at designers works, comment on it, and buy it online without going to the boutiques. Many of my friends work for boutiques and their job description is labeled as a social media influencer. What this means is they are promoting the business through social media by wearing the boutiques clothes, jewelry and shoes.

Lead

 * Guiding questions

The introductory sentence for this article is fairly good. But, one thing I would like to add to that topic sentence is how social media influences what we wear. For instance, consumers are attracted to what is in style - the social media influencers are the one's who tell us what's in style by looking at their social media's outlets. But, social media is also smart in the department of what sells; they know all they have to do is put well known actresses/athletes in their clothing and it's a for sure sell. Moving on, the lead knocks all the key points out in the beginning telling the reader what is yet to come in the article. However, there are some points in the article that were redundant or that didn't need explaining. For example, in the last two paragraphs it keeps stating how social media is being tied to fashion which is not necessary.


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic?
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections?
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article?
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed?

Content

 * Guiding questions

The article's content is relevant to social media in the fashion industry in some degrees. The section about the article being relevant is accurate when discussing advertisement through social media outlets and the brand influencing. Where the article becomes out of date is when it starts exploring fashion icon's. For instance, one of the icon's listed in the article is Charolette Russe. Not only is this brand not in style anymore, but they have closed all stores due to it's lack of sales and up to date fashion. The content listed in the fashion icon's is not as popular as it used to be, it's extremely outdated and needs to be updated with popular icon's such as: Gucci, Prada, Dior, Chanel, etc... Also, there needs to be a section that pertains to the middle class and how the fashion industry meets their needs as well without breaking the bank. A perfect example of that would be: Red Dress Boutique. It's a store that has quality fashion with affordable prices. Also, it talked about a company called "Gilt Groupe" - this company was created in 2007 and personally I have never heard or seen anyone talk about this particular app; this is an outdated source.

Is the article's content relevant to the topic?


 * Is the content up-to-date?
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?

Tone and Balance

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This article is fairly neutral until you get close to the end of the article. In the section on "Impact on Consumers" it tells the reader how social media has made it seem as if "likes" are extremely important and that we all want to look like each other. Not saying that this is completely false but it's definietly biased because not everyone is after that life style or look; some individuals on social media simply just like to post whatever makes them happy regardless of how many likes they get. The view points that were listed in this article are represented well for the most part dealing with advertisements and how they effect social media through different outlets. The article is not overly persuasive; the only part that was concerning was dealing with the "likes."


 * Is the article neutral?
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?

Sources and References

 * Guiding questions

As social media continues to grow, the sources need to stay up to date with that as well. In this article there were some sources that were out of date ranging from 2010-2013. Not only that, but they weren't reliable sources because they weren't scholarly researched and cited. The problem with some of these sources was that they would end in a ".com" which is not as reliable as a scholar research because it could be opinionated; the links that I clicked on worked but were out of date and needs to be updated.


 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?
 * Are the sources current?
 * Check a few links. Do they work?

Organization

 * Guiding questions

For the most part, this article is written very well. Even though the top of my page said the article had multiple issues stating that it was deemed as a personal essay and had citation issues it didn't cloud my personal judgment. I caught some minor grammatical errors but nothing too serious. I thought the way the article was broken down was very appropriate and easy to understand. Starting with an overlook of the fashion industry and ending with the "Engagement Ad's" of how it works.


 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?

Images and Media

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There were many things that I would have changed about this. For one, I feel as if the images that were chosen weren't necessarily appropriate or accurate. In the beginning of the paragraph it has an image of two ladies conversing next to a laptop. I would have taken out this photo and replaced it with a young woman on her phone looking at shopping boutiques. The article also has a random photo of a building; it took me clicking on the actual photo to realize it was a Louis Vuitton store. All the writer posted on the caption was "Paris." The images are not visually appealing; they are placed randomly whenever the writer is talking about that particular subject. When addressing the fashion icon's he should have put images for each one. Yes, Wikipedia has a free license of images where you can pull from there.


 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?
 * Are images well-captioned?
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions

As of today, there are no discussions about this article. This article is apart of WikiProjects; two out of the three ranked mid-importance. Social media affects our daily life even with the smallest things such as fashion. We are highly influenced by what is new and what's in style - this is why social media in the fashion industry has caused a huge uproar and will only continue to get bigger.


 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?

Overall impressions

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The article has many strengths: the opening lead sets the tone of what the article is going to consist of and gives a detailed description of the history behind social media effecting the fashion industry. This article tells the reader how consumers are targeted on social media; they get brand influencers to sell their business and make the clothing look desirable to wear. Closer to the end of the article it gives positive and negative aspects of social media in the fashion industry. This article can be improved in the images and media department for sure. They need to insert newer images that relate to the actual topic itself: social media in the fashion industry. Next, they need to replace the fashion icon's with new ones because a lot of the icon's that were listed are no longer popular or up to date with the newest fashion. The article is completed I would say - it touched on all the basic key points but some of them were outdated.


 * What is the article's overall status?
 * What are the article's strengths?
 * How can the article be improved?
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?

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