User:Pbary psych/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Problematic smartphone use

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I have recently been very interested in the detrimental affects of cell phone usage and more specifically social media usage. I am currently enrolled in Social Media Marketing 401 which has blown me away with strong evidence showing the danger of social media.

Lead Section
The lead section gives a clear topic sentence that provides a good description of the article. The following sentences however do not give a great overview of important topics in the article. One sentence mentions that some researchers believe the term "cell phone addiction" can be harmful to our perception and study of this topic, however the author uses this exact terminology late in the paper. The second, and final paragraph of the lead section, is poor. There are several grammar mistakes and the flow of the sentences does not make much sense.

Content
The content of this article seems to be quite robust and cover most (if not all) of the aspects related to the problems associated with smartphone overuse. The article is up to date with at least 50 edits in the last three years, as well as many citations from articles published in the last five years. Some content seems to be missing from the "Bans on mobile phone use" section. This could be a good section to show data of improvements after a phone ban, however this section is only one sentence with two references. There are no content gaps that I can notice, and there are no signs that the article deals with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps.

Tone and Balance
This article is neutral despite the heavy amount of data supporting the cell phone restraint. The final paragraph in the "Effects" section identifies a positive relationship between having a phone near you and less stress in a social situation. However, this is weak support for keeping a phone on you considering other sections of the article argue that the reduced social interaction that phones provide is negatively affecting children and young adults. The article does state the psychological effects of cell phone overuse in two different sections when in reality one was enough. However, it does state that there is not evidence yet of a causal relationship between cell phone overuse and diagnosed physiological problems like depression and anxiety. Fringe viewpoints are presented as such and the article does not try and persuade the reader to any conclusion.

Sources and References
Almost all facts in this article are backed up by respectable sources. I did not check every fact, but I frequently stopped after a sentence I thought needed support and always saw a citation right there, or in the following sentence. The sources are thorough and almost all of the 100+ sources are within the last 10 years. Many articles are from a national journal of... and all of the links that I tried worked.

Organization and writing quality
This article is written in a professional manor, without any euphemisms or casual language. Aside from the lead section the article is generally clear and concise. Furthermore, the only grammatical errors I noticed were in the lead section. The article was well organized aside from the psychological effects which were clearly written in two different sections. There is a section heading labeled "Psychological" where it relates the overuse of cell phones to various psychological problems. Then, there is a section labeled "Psychological symptoms of phone usage" which talks more in depth about the same things.

Images and Media
The article has a total of 4 images with only one of them being helpful and informative. Two of the photos have generic captions for example "people using mobile phones". The images are not laid out in a visually appealing way because they are all extremely small. However, hey do follow Wikipedia's copyright regulation.

Talk page discussion
There have been a few conversations involving different aspects. One suggesting that the page should be merged with another, more specific page that associated phone overuse to a specific problem. An editor disagreed and laid out a clear reason why they thought this to be a poor idea. The way it is discussed does not differ much from how we talk about it in class. People have ideas and people disagree with those ideas and, from this one article, the most logical arguments are adhered too. This article is connected with three WikiProjects: Addictions and recovery (C-class), Medicine / Psychiatry (Start class), Psychology (Start class).

Overall impressions
The overall status of this article is that it is currently being updated frequently with new edits. This article's strength is the body of information that is presented. There is a lot of clear information that is presented in a neutral tone. This article could be improved with an overhaul of the lead section. There are grammatical errors as well as sentences that do not make sense. This along with some rearranging of information in the body of the article would improve it. I believe this article is well developed, around 85% and just needs some minor adjustments to be great.