User:Maryrose725/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Media (communication)

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose to evaluate this article because media is an important topic, especially as a communication major.

Evaluate the article
The lead section is clear, concise, and straight to the point. It provides a clear definition of the term, “media” as well as a brief overview of the article's main sections (components of media) and does not contain any information that is further discussed in the article. The content of the article was relevant and covered the main media outlets used throughout history. I am not saying that the information is out-of-date, but I think it is important to point out that media is constantly changing, and with it, the outlets it uses do too. The writing in the article is informative and does not try to persuade the reader. For the most part, this article is non-biased, but there are a couple of points within the article that a better choice of wording could have been selected. All the facts in the article are backed by sources. The sources seem well-gathered and contain scholarly articles. Some of the sources are older, but the writer does include sources from as late as February 2023, and most of the others were published within the past few years. In addition to all the references, this article provides a variety of working links. There is no ongoing discussion on this article. There is a note on this article that claims, “This article is written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay.” Overall, I think this article provides a good understanding of media. That being said, some improvements can be made. The most important is the tone of writing. The writer needs to be consistently unbiased while producing this article. Another thing that would add to this article is images. A more detailed history of media or even a timeline could also add a lot to this article. I don’t think this is a topic that can be “completed” in terms of adding every bit of information on media since media is so broad and constantly changing.