User:Raiyaka/Choose an Article

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 : Effects of Pornography :
 * Article Evaluation:
 * LEAD SECTION
 * The overall lead is concise since the article only highlights the specific effects of pornography. It doesn't encompass all of the article's sections within the body, however it did mention addiction because of pornography and sexual violence. The article has everything that the lead mentioned. However, the lead itself needs a little improvement, especially because it is too concise in comparison to the body of the article. It could stand alone as surface level information. However, it isn't enough information for the people who just want to read the article's abstract.
 * CONTENT
 * The content is relevant tot the topic. It breaks down all of the effects in a balanced manner ranging from a slew of psychological effects. Some sections have gender differences as well. The article is up to date, with the most recent reference being in 2022 and the most recent reference retrieval is from March of 2023. The overall content of the article has good breakdowns of the different types of pornography effects, however, some sections could be added upon for more clarity. It does not deal with Wikipedia's equity gaps. The content could use a section with focus on emotional and physical wellbeing as well. While emotional and physical effects are briefly mentioned, specific sections with those issues should be highlighted independently. The occupational safety Section of the article needs to be expanded.
 * TONE AND BALANCE
 * The article has a neutral tone in its breakdown of its psychological elements. There appears to be no claims that are extremely biased. The article talks about sexual risk taking as a sexual side effect of pornography, the section needs to be highlighted independently. aside from minor expansion issues in some of the terms, the sections are described in a balanced and informative way. The article has a middle stance in just breaking down pornographic effects.
 * SOURCES AND REFERENCES
 * The sources used in this article are backed up with a reliable source from journals and books. The sources are thorough as it came from academic journals, trusted publishers and well-known institutions with the Journal of International Association of Relationship Research being one of the references used. The most dated source for this article came from 1986, with the most recent source coming from 2022. The article has a collection of diverse authors in the references with different ethnicities. The references themselves offer a strong backing to the statements made in the article, however further studies and expansions are needed to complete the article. The links work well in guiding the readers to the further explanations of the jargons.
 * ORGANIZATION AND WRITING QUALITY
 * The article presents its content in an easily understandable way. It's concise but needs more content in certain areas. despite the difficult topic with a lot of research and terminologies, there are little to no spelling errors in the article. the overall content is broken down nicely with bolded sub headings, but little to no big underlined umbrella headings, the studies needs its own headings as well because they are important considerations when talking about the topic at hand.
 * IMAGES AND MEDIA
 * There are no images in the article which makes people sway off the article in a short period of time. The article needs some sort of visual aid to keep audiences engaged in the content, especially because people would understand certain effects better with a visualization of those effects.
 * TALK PAGE DISCUSSION
 * The talk page highlights these ideas: MEDRS Violation, the cut down on some content as it would prove harmful, The inclusion of effects on a person's brain, instead of just psychological. it also talks about the expansion of what it means for pornography to be "bad". This article kind of relates to the class discussion of media effects and cultivation theory, also media dependency.
 * OVERALL IMPRESSIONS
 * This article will need editing in terms of expansion of subtopics, further explanations of the studies and general labeling. This article's strength is the good breakdown of the effects ( although debated to be incomplete). The weakness is not having sections that stand out, not having visuals and "missing sections" that should be considered (e.g. Effects on brain development, societal impacts) . Overall the article is good but still underdeveloped.
 * Sources:Effects of pornography
 * The article presents its content in an easily understandable way. It's concise but needs more content in certain areas. despite the difficult topic with a lot of research and terminologies, there are little to no spelling errors in the article. the overall content is broken down nicely with bolded sub headings, but little to no big underlined umbrella headings, the studies needs its own headings as well because they are important considerations when talking about the topic at hand.
 * IMAGES AND MEDIA
 * There are no images in the article which makes people sway off the article in a short period of time. The article needs some sort of visual aid to keep audiences engaged in the content, especially because people would understand certain effects better with a visualization of those effects.
 * TALK PAGE DISCUSSION
 * The talk page highlights these ideas: MEDRS Violation, the cut down on some content as it would prove harmful, The inclusion of effects on a person's brain, instead of just psychological. it also talks about the expansion of what it means for pornography to be "bad". This article kind of relates to the class discussion of media effects and cultivation theory, also media dependency.
 * OVERALL IMPRESSIONS
 * This article will need editing in terms of expansion of subtopics, further explanations of the studies and general labeling. This article's strength is the good breakdown of the effects ( although debated to be incomplete). The weakness is not having sections that stand out, not having visuals and "missing sections" that should be considered (e.g. Effects on brain development, societal impacts) . Overall the article is good but still underdeveloped.
 * Sources:Effects of pornography
 * OVERALL IMPRESSIONS
 * This article will need editing in terms of expansion of subtopics, further explanations of the studies and general labeling. This article's strength is the good breakdown of the effects ( although debated to be incomplete). The weakness is not having sections that stand out, not having visuals and "missing sections" that should be considered (e.g. Effects on brain development, societal impacts) . Overall the article is good but still underdeveloped.
 * Sources:Effects of pornography
 * This article will need editing in terms of expansion of subtopics, further explanations of the studies and general labeling. This article's strength is the good breakdown of the effects ( although debated to be incomplete). The weakness is not having sections that stand out, not having visuals and "missing sections" that should be considered (e.g. Effects on brain development, societal impacts) . Overall the article is good but still underdeveloped.
 * Sources:Effects of pornography