User:SKuehni/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: Collective consciousness
 * Article Evaluation
 * Right from the start, the lead section feels well researched and supported with 4 resources. It does a good job at defining the underlying themes and concepts that contribute to the overall collective consciousness argument — perfect for individuals first being intorduced to this topic. The layout of the article is in chronological order starting with the history and moving into contemporary theories and current application of collective consciousness in society. A criticism I have for this article includes the final two paragraphs centered around "Literary and oral tradition" and "Sporting events". These paragrphs seem out of place in terms of location within the article, and underdeveloped ideas with limited external references.
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'''Velasco, C. J. (2020). You are Cancelled: Virtual collective consciousness and the emergence of cancel culture as ideological purging. Rupkatha Journal. 12(5). 1-7. https://dx.doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v12n5.rioc1s21n2'''

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Option 2

 * Article title: Manufacturing Consent
 * Article Evaluation
 * When I chose this article, I suspected a very socio-political topic to lean towards a less neutral position. But, this article instead leaned heavily towards quotes and reiterations from the book itself, making the overall outcome of the article neutral. There are a couple of sections throughout the article that I was very cautious in reading. The first was under the "Propaganda model of communication" section in which the first line — The book introduced the propaganda model of communication, which is still deveoping today — is a very bold statement to make as it is. There is no reference or proof as to whether this statement is true, making me weary when reading the rest of the paragraph. The second statement in which discredits this Wikipedia page is displayed under the "Influence and Impact" section. A flag that reads "The neutrality of this section is disputed" appears under the title - a statement that contradicts one of the founding principles of a Wikipedia article. With only three major sections, one of which is flagged for neutrality discrepencies, this article feels incomplete and gives room for further information to be added.
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 * DeHart, & Sheahan, A. (2021). Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age by Renee Hobbs. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 65 (2), 193–195. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1195
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 * DeHart, & Sheahan, A. (2021). Mind Over Media: Propaganda Education for a Digital Age by Renee Hobbs. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 65 (2), 193–195. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1195

Option 3

 * Article title: Allocution (media theory)
 * Article Evaluation
 * While this article may be short, I see the potential for expanding on this article. Overall, this article is not a good example of a Wikipedia article. It is underdeveloped in content, there are no headings to break up the information, and there is only one source in the References section. While this topic has the potential to be applied to a multitude of different media and mass media theories, it has many imbalanced sections that don't elaborate on key ideas pertaining to allocution such as the distinction between allocution and distribution. One feature of this article that represents a well-structured Wikipedia article is the neutrality of the writing voice.
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 * Dubois, Minaeian, S., Paquet-Labelle, A., & Beaudry, S. (2020). Who to Trust on Social Media: How Opinion Leaders and Seekers Avoid Disinformation and Echo Chambers. Social Media + Society, 6 (2), 205630512091399–. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120913993
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 * Dubois, Minaeian, S., Paquet-Labelle, A., & Beaudry, S. (2020). Who to Trust on Social Media: How Opinion Leaders and Seekers Avoid Disinformation and Echo Chambers. Social Media + Society, 6 (2), 205630512091399–. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305120913993

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