User:Sa536.22/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:
 * Digital divide in the United States
 * Article Evaluation:
 * The article is part of many WikiProjects. The article contains a disclaimer at the top that it includes many issues; such as, close paraphrasing, hard to understand language, and information might not be up-to-date. Overall, the content of the article seems relevant to the topic and specific to the US. There are some recent statistics (2019 or later) but many facts seems to be from roughly 2000-2015. The article could use more updated information.
 * The article is part of many WikiProjects. The article contains a disclaimer at the top that it includes many issues; such as, close paraphrasing, hard to understand language, and information might not be up-to-date. Overall, the content of the article seems relevant to the topic and specific to the US. There are some recent statistics (2019 or later) but many facts seems to be from roughly 2000-2015. The article could use more updated information.


 * Sources:
 * PEW research article about digital divide and income, from June 22, 2021: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/06/22/digital-divide-persists-even-as-americans-with-lower-incomes-make-gains-in-tech-adoption/
 * PEW research article about digital divide, income, coronavirus, from June 3, 2021: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/06/03/34-of-lower-income-home-broadband-users-have-had-trouble-paying-for-their-service-amid-covid-19/
 * PER research article about students during coronavirus, from June 2, 2022: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2022/06/02/how-teens-navigate-school-during-covid-19/

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Social media as a news source


 * Article Evaluation
 * No disclaimers indicating issues with the article. It's part of two WikiProjects but rated as low importance for both. The Talk page mainly consists of removing irrelevant information and adding other more relevant sections. The content seems relevant to social media as a news source and includes relatively up-to-date (2019-2021) statistics about social media use.


 * Sources
 * PEW research article on social media news consumption, from September 20, 2021: https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2021/09/20/news-consumption-across-social-media-in-2021/
 * PEW research article on social media news consumption and engagement, from July 30, 2020: https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/07/30/americans-who-mainly-get-their-news-on-social-media-are-less-engaged-less-knowledgeable/

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Censorship


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article contains a disclaimer that some phrasing might be biased or vague. The article is part of many WikiProjects and is rated as vital importance. The Talk page doesn't include much, there is a disclaimer that this is a controversial topic. The "By Media" section needs improvement and has a tag stating two potential topics to add to the section.


 * Sources
 * Associated Press article about anti-book ban coalition, from May 10, 2022: https://apnews.com/article/business-censorship-american-library-association-ea9804d9a573cd987dd86b40e074be25
 * PEW research article about views of social media political censoring, from August 19, 2020: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2020/08/19/most-americans-think-social-media-sites-censor-political-viewpoints/

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Disinformation


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is part of many WikiProjects and rated with varying importance levels (low, medium, high). The Talk page doesn't have much on it: there is a note that the article was nominated as a "good article" but did not meet the necessary criteria and was removed from nomination. The article's content seems relevant to the topic but some sections are much longer than others leading certain subtopics to feel unbalanced. While there are some older sources, many sources are dated 2020-2022, indicating very up-to-date information sources. Also, the article ends with strategies for spreading disinformation so the other side (strategies to counter disinformation) should also be presented.


 * Sources
 * US Department of State article on countering disinformation, from February 11, 2020: https://e.america.gov/t/ViewEmail/i/95383D12423453CD2540EF23F30FEDED/5069D0DCBA89C0A1EBAD456BEB5F1DD6

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Information and media literacy


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article contains a disclaimer that there are many issues, mainly around the writing style and sources. There are multiple sections with disclaimers saying there are no citations in the section. Some of these sections do have minimal citations now, others don't have any. The "Barriers" section never mentions the digital divide. The references section is very short. The article is part of two WikiProjects and was nominated to be deleted in 2018. Overall, the article needs more citations, factual information, and up-to-date information.


 * Sources
 * PEW research article on internet access and mobile phones, from June 3, 2021: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/06/03/mobile-technology-and-home-broadband-2021/
 * Media literacy now article about including media literacy into school curriculum, from March 9, 2021: https://medialiteracynow.org/los-angeles-school-board-directs-superintendent-to-include-media-literacy-in-classrooms-in-september/