User:K09.a25/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

 * Trial balloon
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article has three headings to indicate examples from different locations. However, those examples are a bit outdated since the one under United Kingdom is from the 19th century. While the content gives us an idea of when trial balloon is used, it does not connect much with the use in the modern media.
 * The second paragraph under the heading United States has no citations since it is an example provided by the editor. It would be beneficial to the overall wiki page if there were a real life example. To improve, adding more content would be best since at the moment it is fairly short.
 * Most of the claims have a citation which is good because the viewer can refer back to the bibliography for more information. That said, a few claims need to be cited as they are standing alone without one.
 * The references for the definition of trail balloon comes from an online dictionary entry that was retrieved more than a decade ago. The citation can be updated to a more recent and relevant source. Also, the links for some do not work making it difficult to confirm the source. The bibliography needs some cleaning up as some is formatted while other references are only the link.
 * The talk page does not have much recent conversations. The last one seems to be dated in 2016. The messages are cordial and have resulted in an improvement for one of the sections.
 * The talk page does not have much recent conversations. The last one seems to be dated in 2016. The messages are cordial and have resulted in an improvement for one of the sections.


 * Sources
 * Kafka, P. (2014, May 27). ESPN Floats a Netflix-Style Trial Balloon. But It’s Not Giving Up the Bundle. Vox. https://www.vox.com/2014/5/27/11627266/espn-floats-a-netflix-style-trial-balloon-but-its-not-giving-up-the
 * Herman, A. (2020, October 26). Even Disney Didn’t Know How Much It Needed Disney+. The Ringer. https://www.theringer.com/tv/2020/10/26/21534395/disney-plus-covid-19-streaming-wars

Option 2

 * Priming (media)
 * Article Evaluation
 * The content of the article is relevant to the topic. The article provides content about past research as well as examples in politics. The article is interesting and touches upon priming in the media.
 * The article is written neutrally as it does clearly take one side on the topic. It reports the information without inserting any personal opinions without citing where that claim came originated.
 * The claims in the article have citations from scholarly journals written by various authors. One issues that is apparent when looking at the article is that some of the sections are quite dense. They have one citation for a large body of text. Other sections are shorter making the article look a bit unbalanced.
 * Interestingly enough, there are no messages on the Talk Page. The article as indicated at the bottom of the page was last edited a month ago.
 * Interestingly enough, there are no messages on the Talk Page. The article as indicated at the bottom of the page was last edited a month ago.


 * Sources
 * Lutzke, L., Drummond, C., Slovic, P., & Árvai, J. (2019). Priming critical thinking: Simple interventions limit the influence of fake news about climate change on Facebook. Global Environmental Change, 58, 101964. ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101964

Option 3

 * Advertising to children
 * Article Evaluation
 * There is quite a bit of content on this article already so the focus was looking at what was being covered. The introductory paragraph should go in to more detail. At the moment, it is one sentence. The claim is not cited so it is important to find the source of it to properly reference. A few other claims throughout the article is missing citations, yet it could be debated whether some of the information is common knowledge. That said, there are many references in the bibliography. The citations are from a diverse amount of sources many of which are from journals.
 * The article mentions some of the standards of advertising in different countries. It takes in account many examples of advertising directed towards children. However, there is not much information from the perspective of the advertisers. Providing both sides, the viewers and the producers of the content will allow for a more balanced look at the topic.
 * The article tackles one of Wikipedia's equity gaps since it is covering children. The group might be misrepresented in society since it is adults interpreting what children are feeling towards advertisements.
 * The talk page has many suggestions from other users. Some of which has been resolved.
 * The talk page has many suggestions from other users. Some of which has been resolved.


 * Sources
 * Kearney, J., Fitzgerald, R., Burnside, G., Higham, S., Flannigan, N., Halford, J. C. G., & Boyland, E. J. (2021). Television advertisements for high-sugar foods and beverages: effect on children’s snack food intake. British Journal of Nutrition, 125(5), 591–597. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114520003116
 * Spinner, L., Cameron, L., & Calogero, R. (2018). Peer Toy Play as a Gateway to Children’s Gender Flexibility: The Effect of (Counter)Stereotypic Portrayals of Peers in Children’s Magazines. Sex Roles, 79, 314–328. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-017-0883-3

Option 4

 * Media proprietor
 * Article Evaluation
 * There is not much content on the page except for a small history section and a list of names. The list that gives examples of media proprietors does not explain what they do or own. There is not much reliability of the information since it does not include any sources. For the most part, the article is neutral as it does not delve into any personal remarks. The one claim that is cited from The Guardian refers to a comment made in the news article. To improve the article, including some academic articles or recent content would be useful as it should be expanded on.
 * The talk page has suggestions from the past few years pointing out on similar concerns that I found while looking at the wiki page. Others are contributing to improving the article notably suggesting there be more references and to focus more on providing examples of what a media proprietor does in today's ages.
 * The talk page has suggestions from the past few years pointing out on similar concerns that I found while looking at the wiki page. Others are contributing to improving the article notably suggesting there be more references and to focus more on providing examples of what a media proprietor does in today's ages.


 * Sources
 * Moran, R. E. (2020). Examining switching power: Mark Zuckerberg as a novel networked media mogul. Information, Communication & Society, 23(4), 491–506. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2018.1518473
 * Hanretty, C. (2014). Media outlets and their moguls: Why concentrated individual or family ownership is bad for editorial independence. European Journal of Communication, 29(3), 335–350. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267323114523150

Option 5

 * Media fatigue
 * Article Evaluation
 * The content is divided up with headings to indicates the focus of each section. In the second paragraph, they write the last names of the authors without mentioning their first name. That might need to be fixed. The introductory paragraph explains what is going to be covered in the article giving the impression that it is an essay. Including some visuals would also be another thing to change to engage the reader.
 * It focuses on three aspects of media fatigue those being in political news, social media, and finally avoidance after the fact of overseeing a certain topic. The claims made in the article are cited. The citations are from a variety of scholarly journals and books on the topic of media. Much of the content is research based with few online media examples except for the social media section. Improving the section could be by adding recent research or news articles from the COVID-19 pandemic. It would be interesting to see how many people reacted to always hearing about these times. The constant reminder of the pandemic translates into the storylines of many shows especially ones where the characters are first responders.
 * Unfortunately, there is no conversation on the talk page. It is indicated that it was a student project.
 * Unfortunately, there is no conversation on the talk page. It is indicated that it was a student project.


 * Sources
 * Liu, H., Liu, W., Yoganathan, V., & Osburg, V.-S. (2021). COVID-19 information overload and generation Z’s social media discontinuance intention during the pandemic lockdown. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 166, 120600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120600
 * Buneviciene, I., Bunevicius, R., Bagdonas, S., & Bunevicius, A. (2021). COVID-19 media fatigue: predictors of decreasing interest and avoidance of COVID-19–related news. Public Health, 196, 124–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.05.024