User:JasmineG17/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Communication studies - Wikipedia

Why have you chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I have always been interested in the communications field. I have taken several courses that relate to communication studies. This field of study is very important I think for everyone to study or have some knowledge over. It gives insight into how we receive and interpret different forms of communication. My preliminary impression of this article was it was well put together in providing its reader with the history of communication and how it has come a long way.

Evaluate the articles
This article had a strong lead section from the beginning you could tell the article would talk about the history of communication studies and how it started. It was easy to follow along from section to section and understand what the topic at hand was. This article was told from a neutral viewpoint and didn't work to persuade its readers just educate them on the topic. There wasn't any imagery in this article to enhance what was written but even without pictures the reader should still be able to get an understanding and feel more educated on communication studies. Under the talk page of this article one person felt that the sections were a bit too vague and could have been elaborated a little bit more. Another person also felt the same and thought that it didn't mention any major sections in the article. In particular I felt the subsections titled United States, Canada, and Business could have a little more information added to them to make them just a bit stronger. It also has some problems with verification from certain citations. The content however was still relatable to the topic of communications study, and I felt they did a good job in portraying that history.