User:Irisham16/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Social media and psychology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to read about this article because I am in a class about the internet, and I am interested in social media. I am also interested in how social media affects mental health and the psychology behind it all. There are many interesting categories and subcategories (psychology, depression, belonging, neuroscience, etc) within the article, and there are a good amount of references throughout the article.

Evaluate the article
The lead section provides good context on how social media came to rise in its popularity throughout history, but there is not much on psychology and doesn't really touch on the second half of the title in the main lead. I also found a minor typo in the lead section. The psychology part comes right after this lead section.

The content itself looks good and provides good examples for each category. However, some sections are a lot longer than others, which leads me to believe that maybe there is more information about certain categories than others. The topics do not necessarily cover historically underrepresented people, although there are mentions of socioeconomically disadvantaged people.

I think the tone and balance are good, for there is no particular bias. Sometimes there are a few "we" statements here and there that could perhaps be worded better.

There a variety and range of sources and references in this piece. Some sources are outdates (late 90s, early 2000/2010s), and information could definitely be updated from more recent sources that are reliable and more up to date with newer findings. Most of the sources are from published journals or textbooks and seem reliable.

The organization of this piece is easy to follow, with clear headings and then text that follows. However, the writing quality could be worked on, for I have spotted some typos here and there (usually it's just a word missing between 2 words).

There is not much image or graphics usage in this piece. The one photo that is included in this piece doesn't really help enhance the understanding of the topic. I think graphs of statistics from specific data stated in the piece could be helpful to help enhance the understanding of this topic of social media and mental health.

On the Talk page, there were multiples of "Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment." It is in the WikiProjects for Internet and Psychology and are considered mid-importance projects.

Overall, I think this article seems pretty complete, but many sections could be expanded on.