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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

 * Article title
 * Media Democracy


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article Class: Start-class
 * Completeness Score: 51/100
 * Average views per day: 433
 * Is affiliated with 2 wikiProjects: Media & Politics
 * Template Messages
 * - Needs revision to remove opinionated/argumentative content.
 * - Needs additional citations for verification.
 * - Needs revision of 'weasel words.'
 * - May contain 'original research,' requires validation.
 * Lead Section
 * - Initial sentence is wordy and could use grammatical editing.
 * Content
 * - Contains a section on Feminism (equity gaps).
 * - Contains content seemingly based on empirically gathered information, needs validation.
 * - Historical context not provided.
 * Tone and Balance
 * - Article focuses mainly on the negatives of media, imbalanced and requires supplementary content to provide balance.
 * Sources and References
 * - Frequent claims made without relevant sources.
 * - Possible use of empirical evidence, will have to seek additional information.
 * - Sources clicked worked.
 * Organization and Writing Quality
 * - One distinct use of a large text block which needs to be separated into different parts.
 * - Several instances require a link to help users quickly find their definitions.
 * Images and Media
 * - There are no images or other media.
 * Sources
 * - Altheide, D. L., & Altheide, D. L. (2007). Media democracy: How the media colonize politics. Political Communication, 24(1), 81-82. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/scholarly-journals/media-democracy-how-colonize-politics/docview/59752381/se-2?accountid=14701
 * - Bonin, G. A. (2014). Assessing media democracy. Canadian Journal of Communication, 39(1), 145-148. doi: http://dx.doi.org.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/10.22230/cjc.2014v39n1a2763
 * - One distinct use of a large text block which needs to be separated into different parts.
 * - Several instances require a link to help users quickly find their definitions.
 * Images and Media
 * - There are no images or other media.
 * Sources
 * - Altheide, D. L., & Altheide, D. L. (2007). Media democracy: How the media colonize politics. Political Communication, 24(1), 81-82. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/scholarly-journals/media-democracy-how-colonize-politics/docview/59752381/se-2?accountid=14701
 * - Bonin, G. A. (2014). Assessing media democracy. Canadian Journal of Communication, 39(1), 145-148. doi: http://dx.doi.org.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/10.22230/cjc.2014v39n1a2763
 * - Altheide, D. L., & Altheide, D. L. (2007). Media democracy: How the media colonize politics. Political Communication, 24(1), 81-82. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/scholarly-journals/media-democracy-how-colonize-politics/docview/59752381/se-2?accountid=14701
 * - Bonin, G. A. (2014). Assessing media democracy. Canadian Journal of Communication, 39(1), 145-148. doi: http://dx.doi.org.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/10.22230/cjc.2014v39n1a2763

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Over-the-top media service


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article Class: Start-class
 * Completeness Score: 47/100
 * Average views per day: 1869
 * Is affiliated with 2 wikiProjects: Computing & Television
 * Lead Section
 * - While somewhat lengthy, all information in lead appears pertinent.
 * Content
 * - Can use links referencing specific technobabble terms for ease of understanding.
 * - Some content needs to placed into a different section, or a new section needs to be created to have the content fit (such as when mentioning the record of OTT users simultaneously watching a show at once).
 * - There is not a lot of content overall. Can use additional sections.
 * Tone and Balance
 * - This article is informative and does not attempt to convince any point of view.
 * Sources and References
 * - Sources mainly come from online publications rather than peer reviewed sources.
 * - Citations required for multiple claims.
 * Organization and Writing Quality
 * - The writing quality of the article is direct and concise.
 * Images and Media
 * - There are no images or other media.
 * Sources
 * - Juan, R. S., & Plückebaum, T. (2010). VoIP network architectures and impacts on costing. Info : The Journal of Policy, Regulation and Strategy for Telecommunications, Information and Media, 12(3), 59-72. doi: http://dx.doi.org.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/10.1108/14636691011040486
 * Organization and Writing Quality
 * - The writing quality of the article is direct and concise.
 * Images and Media
 * - There are no images or other media.
 * Sources
 * - Juan, R. S., & Plückebaum, T. (2010). VoIP network architectures and impacts on costing. Info : The Journal of Policy, Regulation and Strategy for Telecommunications, Information and Media, 12(3), 59-72. doi: http://dx.doi.org.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/10.1108/14636691011040486
 * Sources
 * - Juan, R. S., & Plückebaum, T. (2010). VoIP network architectures and impacts on costing. Info : The Journal of Policy, Regulation and Strategy for Telecommunications, Information and Media, 12(3), 59-72. doi: http://dx.doi.org.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/10.1108/14636691011040486

Option 3

 * Article title
 * News media


 * Article Evaluation
 * Article Class: C-class
 * Completeness Score: 55/100
 * Average views per day: 402
 * Is affiliated with 2 wikiProjects: Media & Journalism
 * Template messages
 * - Needs additional citations for verification.
 * Lead Section
 * - Lead section adequately and concisely defines the topic.
 * - Could use reference to sections such as 'media integrity' and 'fake news.'
 * Content
 * - Fake news section can be removed or merged with another section such as 'media integrity'.
 * Tone and Balance
 * - Should mention more cases of global news media rather than the hyper-focus on American news media.
 * Sources and References
 * - There are dead links which need to be revised.
 * - Much of the article relies on few references and sources, could be expanded.
 * - Several instances which required a reference where there is none currently.
 * Organization and Writing Quality
 * - Words such as 'blogosphere' and 'abuzz' are not conductive of an understandable article.
 * - Should be reorganized to work chronologically (i.e. Newspapers before Television).
 * Images and Media
 * - Single image is pertinent to the topic.
 * - Additional media could be added to supplement and enhance the content (ex: picture containing various forms of news media from non copyright sources such as unsplash )
 * Organization and Writing Quality
 * - Words such as 'blogosphere' and 'abuzz' are not conductive of an understandable article.
 * - Should be reorganized to work chronologically (i.e. Newspapers before Television).
 * Images and Media
 * - Single image is pertinent to the topic.
 * - Additional media could be added to supplement and enhance the content (ex: picture containing various forms of news media from non copyright sources such as unsplash )
 * - Additional media could be added to supplement and enhance the content (ex: picture containing various forms of news media from non copyright sources such as unsplash )


 * Sources
 * - Beckers, S. (2019). Do social media trump news? 0RW1S34RfeSDcfkexd09rT2the relative importance of social media and news based sentiment for market timing1RW1S34RfeSDcfkexd09rT2. Journal of Portfolio Management, 45(2), 58-67. doi: http://dx.doi.org.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/10.3905/jpm.2018.45.2.058