User:Pjuan8/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Behavioral communication

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article based on the need for improvement and how this article sparked my interest. I found that Behavioral Communication is vital because the concept is present amongst all cultures and societies. Nonverbal communication is just part of Behavioral Communication and I see how many people rely on facial expressions and body language to determine the situation and how to reaction. With that said, my first impression was how present Behavioral Communication is, in my life. Everyday I notice paying attention to the tone, facial expressions, body language, and feelings to determine how I should perceive a situation.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section

The lead section of the article is concise and to point. It introduces the topic of the article, what Behavioral Communication is defined as, and a little background of what is considered Behavioral Communication. On the other hand, the lead section fails to introduce what the article will entail regarding the different types of communication behavior (which is the only information that is present in the article, refer to the content section of the evaluation).

Content Section

When looking at the contents of the article, I feel that there is vital information that is missing. The only thing present is the four different types of communication behavior, with which had a decent amount of information under each subcategory. The most recent edit to this article was back in July of 2020, but no edits since then. Because this article was more informational, I found that there was no mention of topics regarding historically underrepresented populations or topics. I believe that it is major to speak on where Behavioral Communication is more prevalent (i.e. cultures and societies).

Tone and Balance

I found that the article relies heavily on the types of Communication Behavior, and not on any other information that correlates to the topic of the article. Overall, I feel that majority of the article is neutral, with only one instance of bias. The article states, "it can be argued that much of our communication, is in fact, non-verbal," without any citation to where this argument is located. I feel that who ever inserted that statement could have created a subcategory that includes a more neutral tone of introducing the idea that nonverbal communication makes up just as much as verbal communication in cultures and societies. After reading the article from top to bottom, I assumed that the article is only meant for information and steered away from persuading the reader.

Sources and References

Majority of the information that is presented in the article does indeed have a citation that is included. However, all the sources that are used are from 2015 or earlier, and some are even missing dates that they were published. When verifying a few of the articles, almost all either brought me to a website or the link was broken. I feel that there could be a lot more information if peer-reviewed articles were reviewed and included. With the articles that were used, only one article appeared to lack the name of an author.

Organization and Writing Quality

This article is easy to read and gets straight to the point without including unnecessary information. On the other hand, there are minor grammatical errors that I could fix when revising and adding to the article. The information is broken down into categories and subcategories, making it easy for the reader to follow.

Images and Media

The article does not include any images or visuals to help the read fully interpret the information. With that said, there is one big improvement I can do when revising the article.

Talk Page Discussion

The talk page is bare, with only four discussions that all suggest changes and improvements of the article. A silver lining to this, is that these suggestions appear to work in my favor by seeing what can be added and what other people are looking for. The article was rated a Start-Class and Low-Importance and was labeled as a Wikiproject Psychology. It was also mentioned that the article was "the subject of an educational assignment in Spring 2015" and that it is "currently the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment."

'''Overall Impressions '''My impression of this article was that it needed great improvement and that there is a lot of information that is missing that can be included. One strength is the detail in talking about the four different types of Behavior Communication. On the other hand, there are three major improvements that can be done to this article. The three improvements include: adding more peer-reviewed articles, categories/subcategories, and images/visuals. The article seems to be far from complete and that it is still underdeveloped.