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Remix Culture [ [ Remix culture ] ]

New Media is defined by the digital gadgets consuming society and how these expanding technologies affect human behavior. With New Media, unlike television and radio that is considered "old media," consumers have the opportunity to "edit" or "participate" in what is being said and sold. People can voice their opinions rather than be passive consumers with no ability to respond. Remix Culture expands on this notion of consumers contributing and the way it has affected copyrights and original work. Original works, such as classic novels, films, and music can be "remixed" to the consumer's creative streak and put out in the public. In this era, there is open room for interpretation with leisure to not get penalized.

Lead
The article's opening sentence gives a concise overview of what the entire article's theme will consist of. It explains the term "remix" as it relates to culture and includes internal links to several topics, such as "society" and "derivative works" that will be expanded upon and throughout the article. The topics mentioned including important figures to the subject are clearly seen within the content box. It's divided into sections where further and more elaborate discussions unfold.

Content
The article has adequate content related to Remix Culture including its history, description of the term, people involved in the concept and how and what "remixing" is utilized today. One particular example of "remixing" includes the creation and exchanging of memes that are highly used within social media. This example confirms the article is up-to-date on its topic because memes are seen often and popular in this era. A song, picture, or movie clip to name a few can be turned into a funny picture with a sarcastic and meant-to-be- funny meme that is shared all over and in turn can be "remixed" to one's own version.

 Tone and Balance 

Remix Culture is a neutral article that showcases examples of the subject and how it's used within different contexts of the society. It does not pose a bias opinion if it's "good" or "bad." However, there is a section about Criticism that may appear to say that "remixing" is on the negative side. Nonetheless, it's a very small section that consists of less than a paragraph and explains rather that the freedom of "remixing" in society does come with disapproving votes.

Sources and References
There is an abundance of references and sources that back up all points, examples, and people mentioned of the entire article. The links are active and as current as the year 2018. The sources and references are a range of peer reviewed articles and journals as well as scholarly secondary sources.

Organization
Remix Culture is well-written with links that provide an easy reading. There are no grammatical errors for the last typo that was corrected in November of 2019.

Images and Media
Images are well represented in an aesthetic organization. There isn't an overload where it makes the article crowed. The images chosen represent the main topics discussed within the article such as the logo for "remixing."

Checking the talk page
Remix Culture is part of five WikiProjects. The discussions range from how the subject has evolved through the years and is constantly evolving.There is talk about adding more content as the subject evolves. There are other discussions on the relevance and accuracy of the examples used such as the meme example talked about earlier.

Overall impressions
Remix Culture is overall a great example of the concept and how it relates to current society with a means in New Media. The strengths include images and examples divided into sections that makes for an easy to follow article and a fun read. It's not overloaded with information that is hard to grasp and there is no jargon hard to understand. The source and reference quality is superb!

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