User:Gracemavko/Choose an Article

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

 * Media conglomerate
 * Media conglomerate


 * Article Evaluation This article is not credibly sourced, is quite vague, and does not explain the topic in entirety. The majority of it's sources are news media, and I feel the article spotlights western media companies, compared to "International", being only a few. The Talk page identifies numerous issues with the articles content, facts, sources, organization, and a requirement guide to assert whether a company can be deemed a conglomerate. I think the critique page isn't as extensive as it could be, to represent current realities of media and journalism. I think it would then be needed to represent other opinions and perspectives to present a full picture of media conglomerate as a status of economic achievement.
 * Sources
 * Mishra, S. (2016). Media convergence: Indian journalists’ perceptions of its challenges and implications. Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 22(1), 102–112.
 * Shi, Y. (2009). iPhones in China: The Contradictory Stories of Media-ICT Globalization in the Era of Media Convergence and Corporate Synergy. Conference Papers -- International Communication Association, 1–34.
 * Li Pu, & Foster, J. (2012). From a Local TV to a Broadcasting Conglomerate: A Regional Chinese Media Company’s History, Development and Struggle. China Media Research, 8(3), 11–23.

Option 2

 * Media democracy

Article Evaluation


 * This article is written in bias, un-neutral language, therefore this article isn't representative of the topic. To agree with a user in the Talk page, I think a really interesting addition would be a Public Sphere heading to identify the role of the collective role of media platforms and citizens. This article could go further into depth in regard to threats of a democratic media, as well as case studies.


 * Sources
 * Ncube, L., & Tomaselli, K. G. (2019). Watch my back and I watch yours’: Beyond Habermas’ public sphere concept in democratic and participatory dimensions of pre-colonial Shona society public spaces. Journal of African Media Studies, 11(1), 35–50.

Leys, C. (1999). The public sphere and the media: market supremacy versus democracy. Socialist Register, 35, 314–335.

von Seth, R. rutgervonseth@yahoo. s. (2011). The Russian public sphere, 1978-2003: the construction of the citizen role through newspaper discourse. Agency and the political process. Critical Discourse Studies, 8(1), 15–29.

Option 3

 * Media Manipulation
 * Media Manipulation


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article lacks depth to its inquiry into media manipulation. Where information from this course could be very useful is the Public Relations section, which could really explore the role of the press and media ownership to the full extent of its significant role in media manipulation. The sources range from news articles, scholarly journal articles, and website platforms, so I think a clean-up of sources would strengthen the credibility of this article.


 * Sources
 * Tanta, I., & Lesinger, G. (2013). Ethics of the profession of public relations--does the public relations affects on journalism in Croatia? Collegium Antropologicum, 37(3), 685–690.
 * Lugg, C. A. (1997). Crossing Borders in a Media Driven Age: The Rise of “PRolicy.”
 * Strouse, J. C. (1975). The Mass Media, Public Opinion, and Public Policy Analysis: Linkage Explorations.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Public relations


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is very Western leading, and doesn't represent a global account of public relations. In addition, the "Negative" section could use more information about the other tactics behind PR. Therefore, a case study section, more in depth, could be added and a political economic approach explored through identifying the possible negative implications of PR in democratic media.


 * Sources
 * Thompson, E. E. (2018). Public relations education in an emerging democracy: The case of Ghana. Journal of Communication Management, 22(4), 476–489.
 * Edwards, L. (2016). The role of public relations in deliberative systems. Journal of Communication, 66(1), 60–81.
 * Yeomans, L., & Adshead, L. (2003). The role of public relations in non-electoral participative democracy: A case study examining the effectiveness of district assemblies within Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Journal of Public Affairs (14723891), 3(3), 245–259.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * West Vancouver


 * Article Evaluation
 * The Demographic content regarding the current population of West Vancouver is sourced to a 2011 census of the area, which I find insufficient to expressing the multiculturalism that is West Vancouver. Therefore, to improve this page, a more current census can be utilized to accurately depict the population demographic of the area. In addition to this, I think the section of "visible minority" should be incorporated more distinctly into the demographic profile painted of West Vancouver. I find this article leaning to one perspective of the WV demographic while ignoring the impact that minority groups have on the population of the area.


 * Sources
 * Canadian Census of West Vancouver (2016)
 * https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5915055&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&SearchText=vancouver&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&type=0