User:Kyleeobrien/sandbox

"Article evaluation"

The articles I chose to evaluate were "sexism", "homophobia", and Exploitation of women in mass media". Many of the articles share similar features, but a few of them had aspects that stood out to me. For starters I noticed that each of the articles had hyperlinks in each paragraph referencing where they got the information from or links important concepts that can read more in depth about at another page. Furthermore, i found that all of the information in each of the articles were relevant, precise, and well constructed. While I did note that in a few articles the wording of the information was not as user friendly to understand, ultimately the information was accurate and organized. Another observation I noticed that held to be true for all three articles i reviewed were they they were all part of a WikiProject, and were all in good ratings. I would assume this is true because of how controversial these topics are, meaning they would most likely get a lot of attention when it comes to researching the topic. On the contrary, there were a few aspects of individual articles that stood out to me, and they are as follows:

Many of the names in the "exploitation of women in mass media article" were simply used with no explanation. Using an individuals name with no background context of who that individual is can be confusing when readers to try establish relevance to that particular person. A hyperlink or information on a specific person within close proximity of that persons name being used would be helpful in future articles.

Following this, in the same "Exploitation of women in mass media" article, phrases such as "they may" were used instead of "they are". I took definite notice to this because they involved words that indicated definiteness. By avoiding phrases that encourage definiteness, you eliminate the room for personal bias, such as if someone does not agree with that particular statement.

lastly, on the article of "exploitation of women in mass media", I took note of the kinds of conversations that were happening on the talk page. One of the things that were being said was that the information was geared more towards the exploration of "ATTRACTIVE" women in mass media. Meaning that the information was not necessarily accurate unless the women used in context displayed the kinds of things that society today views as "beautiful" or "sexy". For example, often times media exploitation is of women who are models meaning they are predominately "thin" and aesthetically attractive. Furthermore, the female figure that is exploited and sexualized in video games often portrays a women that society views as "sexy" such as a women with big breasts or bottom. The article does not address how women who do not fit this model are exploited in the media as well. Are only attractive women exploited? The article needs to elaborate a bit on this, which is something that us discussed heavily on the talk page.