User:Smazzarella14/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Ethnocentrism

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
During class discussion, I was drawn to the overall topic of ethnocentrism. This topic demonstrates how individuals develop different standards within their culture, in which they begin to critique other cultures not like their own. However, ethnocentrism has been portrayed over various different view points across numerous platforms. Also, it is quite interesting to think that within the minds of individuals, they find there cultural view points to be. The overall the structure of the article had the right aspects, however it could have been structured better. Although, this article could use more information within some areas, also I feel as look the main points within the article need more direction towards the point

Evaluate the article
When evaluating the article, I feel as though the lead in of the article needs the overall key points that are made within the article such as how ethnocentrism is seen within racism and different forms of media. Also, I feel as though the lead article is a little overly detailed with information that is not need, which could be replaced with information mentioned within the other sections of the article. The most important thing that I had struggled with while evaluating this article was the content, the writer was quite detailed in some sections and not in others. The lack of content can be found within all the sections of the article except for the anthropology section in which the material is quite lengthy making the other sections look bare. Also, I feel as though the the content lacks examples, I would draw at examples of different culture to allow the reader to visualize how ethnocentrism is vastly different within numerous cultures. However, I would also add on to the effect within the media and how it has cause us humans to automatically make assumptions about other cultures. Although, I do feel as though that the author did a decent job on keeping the article neutral in which he/she kept their opinion and they didn't force their readers towards a certain direction. The author has a long list of resources in which they seem to back up the information found in the article, although the publishing dates within the articles range within the past few decades. After looking at the sources most of these articles come from scholarly journals, which tend not to be opinion based, however that still does not keep authors from adding their opinion in which to make people feel a certain way. Although, more and more research is developed daily in which can benefit the article making it more developed. I found the article to be organized quite well in importance of how the reader should perceive the information by learning about the overall idea and how it is perceived and portrayed throughout history. Within the article, there are only a few images, however I feel as though that some images about differences that you could see within cultures could be added to the article to make it seem more appealing to the eye. Although, I think that the first image in the article is cited incorrectly, in which it says own work. Also, I think the anthropology image does not connect well with the information that the author has provide, in which I would try to find an image for a better representation. The talk page for this article is very minimal, although there is a discussion for redirects in which they can better the article to allow readers to receive the best information. This platform allows for great communication through out writers in which they work together better each others work to ensure the reader receive accurate information.