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 * Name of article: Viral video
 * It is a phenomena related to modern media

Lead
The Lead's introductory sentence as well as the lead itself is concise, descriptive, without being excessively detailed. The Lead does not outline the article's sections but rather introduces the topic by providing examples that are not present in the article.

Content

 * The articles content is all relevant to the topic, and is fairly up to date. I would argue that by neglecting to discuss newer platforms of viral videos such as 'vine' and 'tiktok' it reads as a bit dated. The article does not address historically underrepresented populations. However it does bring attention to relevant topics such as police brutality, in relation to videos shared.

Tone and Balance
The article is neutral and unbiased in tone. The article does a good job at covering different relevant viewpoints and aspects of viral videos, such as political, financial, and educational.

Sources and References


The article is fully backed up by reliable and thorough secondary sources. The sources were fairly current, the most recent being many from 2015. This does point to why the platforms for viral video sharing that have become popularized in the last few years are not mentioned. The sources come from a diverse spectrum of authors and work.

Organization


The article is fairly well written and had no errors that I caught. It is well organized and the sections are clear.

Images and Media


The article includes only two images, that are both graphs comparing video views per week and culminative views of a viral video. The images are well captioned and are helpful in understanding how a viral video is seen and becomes/remains viral.

Checking the talk page

 * Guiding questions

The talk page included sections that had been removed from the article and explanations as to why. It was interesting to see the political section in a more biased phase of its existence. The article is raised C-class on quality scale, has not yet been assessed against B-class criteria, has been rated as high importance, and is part of the wikiproject media and wikiproject internet culture.

Overall impressions

 * Guiding questions

I think the article does a good job at covering a verity of topics that are related to viral videos, but could use an update. The article could go into more detail and needs to address the newer platforms and how social media relates to videos being created and going viral.

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