User:Sugarfoott/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Elaboration likelihood model

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose the Elaboration Likelihood Model because of the relevancy to our class. We have recently discussed this theory and it is something that I understand.

Evaluate the article
For the lead section, it is short, but it seems to get the point across. I think there is room for elaboration though, to make the topic more clear. Everything in the article does have to do with the topic of ELM. There is one section, assumptions, that does not make sense in relation to everything else. I think some kind of reasoning to lead into the section may help readers understand the importance of it better.

The content of the article is relevant, but I think there is one key part missing: the definition of elaboration in regards to this model. Elaboration is used in a different way in this model, and it’s important that people who are trying to learn about this topic understand that. I also think that the author could have used more relevant, up to date examples in order to help with understanding.

The tone of this article is fine, with no specific opinions stated.

The article does contain images that are relevant to the topic, but they are not captioned too well. They are detailed graphics, that could use some more explanation.

This article needs more secondary sources. The article states that it relies more on primary sources, so that needs to be looked into. It needs a more diverse array of source types as well, and the sources they already used can be dug into more.