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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 

Public relations

 Article Evaluation 


 * Talk page discussion: There is not much of a discussion on the talk page


 * Overall Impressions: As a Wikipedia alert states, the article addresses the English-speaking world of public relations, but there is a lack of information on the worldwide view


 * Lead Section: The introduction is lengthy and not straight to the point. It includes way too much information yet it doesn’t mention the major sections that are touched on in the rest of the article

 Sources 

Black. (2011). The practice of public relations (Fourth edition.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780080938325

[https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452243962.n18 Lindheim, J. (2012). Public relations. In SAGE brief guide to marketing ethics (pp. 143-151). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452243962.n18]

Option 2

 Article title 

Communication studies

 Article Evaluation 


 * Sources and References: There is a need for more citations in order to verify whether the statements are accurate. Some sections do not contain any citations.


 * Talk Page Discussion: Most of the discussion is between students who are majoring in Communications, many stated that the article is vague, not concise, and lacks research, making it unreliable.

Sources

Corner, J. (2019). Origins and transformations: histories of communication study. Media, Culture & Society, 41(5), 727–737. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443718820666

Option 3

 Article title 

Media culture

 Article Evaluation 


 * Talk Page Discussion: There is not a lot of discussion on the talk page which means there is a possibility that people have not been working on it. It has only been edited 14 times in the last nine years.


 * Sources and References: There are way too many direct quotations and not enough summaries of the sources. Some links do not exist.


 * Tone and Balance: It is not written in a neutral way.

 Sources 

[https://doi.org Thussu, D.K. (Ed.). (2009). Internationalizing Media Studies (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi-org.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/10.4324/9780203877388]

Option 4

 Article title 

Media manipulation

Article Evaluation


 * Talk Page Discussion: The article is rated as start-class and as high-importance. A lot of the conversations are based on the inaccuracy of some statements and topics in the article. There are some people who have fixed some of the issues, but some recommendations have still not been taken into consideration.


 * Organization and writing quality: There is not enough information written on each sub-category of the article.


 * Overall Impressions: It can be improved by adding more reliable and current sources
 * References and sources: There are a few terms that have been linked to articles that describe another term that isn't accurate to the context that it was used in

Sources

[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-philosophy/article/algorithms-manipulation-and-democracy/84A19DDC35E3983C0C2FA9FAD01185C9 Christiano, T. (2021, November 15). Algorithms, manipulation, and democracy: Canadian journal of philosophy. Cambridge Core. Retrieved February 5, 2022, from https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-philosophy/article/algorithms-manipulation-and-democracy/84A19DDC35E3983C0C2FA9FAD01185C9]

Fitzpatrick. (2018). Media Manipulation 2.0: The Impact of Social Media on News, Competition, and Accuracy. Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, 4(1), 45–62. https://doi.org/10.30958/ajmmc.4.1.3

[https://www.academia.edu/43171367/Media_Education_3_0_How_Big_Data_Algorithms_and_AI_Redefine_Media_Education Ptaszek, G. (2020, May 26). ''Media Education 3.0? how big data, algorithms, and AI redefine media education''. The Handbook on Media Education Research. Retrieved February 5, 2022, from https://www.academia.edu/43171367/Media_Education_3_0_How_Big_Data_Algorithms_and_AI_Redefine_Media_Education]

Wikimedia Foundation. (2021, October 13). Scapegoating. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 5, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoating

Option 5

 Article title 

Marketing ethics

 Article Evaluation 


 * Overall Impressions: There are a few areas in the article that need to have more content


 * Sources and References: Some links to citations do not exist and some references take you to a page that no longer has the article on the supposed topic which means that the points are not backed up by accurate sources
 * Talk page Discussion: The article is rated as start-class and as top-importance
 * Tone and Balance: Some points are not neutral and focus mainly on the negative side of Marketing ethics

 Sources 

[https://sk.sagepub.com/books/marketing-ethics-society Eagle, L., & Dahl, S. (2019, February 4). Marketing Ethics & Society. SAGE Knowledge. Retrieved February 5, 2022, from https://sk.sagepub.com/books/marketing-ethics-society]

[https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452243962.n12 Garcia, C. (2012). Ethical issues in pricing. In SAGE brief guide to marketing ethics (pp. 99-105). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452243962.n12]

[https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452243962.n9 Laczniak, G. (2012). Ethics of marketing. In SAGE brief guide to marketing ethics (pp. 72-86). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452243962.n9]

[https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452243962.n13 Latham, S. (2012). Price-fixing. In SAGE brief guide to marketing ethics (pp. 106-111). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452243962.n13]