User:Syoung03/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
I am evaluating the political communication article.

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I have chosen this article to evaluate because of the importance of the topic. I think that the politics of where you live can have a big effect on a person, so understanding the way we communicate in politics and about our own political opinions is very important. I wanted to learn more about the topic and see what the writer had to say.

Evaluate the article
The first sentence of the article was very informative. It gave me a good baseline for understanding the definition of political communication. However, the lead section did not do the best job at giving a description of the different sections of the article. There were also some things mentioned in the lead that were not touched on in the rest of the article like pathos, egos, and logos.

The content in this article is all on topic and relevant to the topic. I think this article does a good job of providing up to date information about the topic. This article discusses multiple different geographical locations and compares them, showing how different countries have different political communication styles. I think this gives the reader a better understanding of the subject, and it provides a more diverse perspective.

I think that the article is somewhat biased. The examples chosen by the author seem to be biased towards portraying that person in a negative light. I think that the beginning of the article is mostly neutral, and it is the examples that seem to hold some political bias. I however understand that it might seem that way no matter what example you choose. I think touching on different geographical locations was a step in the right direction, however the article did not specifically address minorities. I do not feel persuaded after reading the article, I instead feel informed.

I think that the author of this article did a very good job using sources to supplement the information. I think the sources used are relevant to the topic and are diverse in facts. However, they are somewhat outdated. Most were from the year 2016 or earlier, with one being 20 years old. I think using some more up to date sources would be beneficial because of how social media and the technological side of communication is evolving, especially when it comes to politics. I tested out a few links and they all did work.

I think the writing of this article is clear and organized. The article first explained political communication then supported the explanation with examples and differences between different styles. I think however that the role of social media could have been explained before the examples. I noticed no spelling or grammatical errors.

There is one image included in the article and it is an image of George Bush giving a speech. The caption on the photo gives the reader a good understanding of what the image portrayed. I think that the image was relevant because the article uses the Bush administration as an example in the article. The image is at the beginning of the article, which grabs the reader's attention and makes the article more visually appealing.

The talk page on this article is not very long. There is only one main conversation going on and it is about the social media section. The author posted their plans to update the social media section of the article to include more up to date sources and information about social media. This article is rated well and is included in multiple Wiki Education Assignments. The topics like the influence of social media were very similar to what we have discussed in class.

Overall I think that this is a very well develop article. I think that it includes a good variety of sources to supplement the information provided. It also explains the topic well and provides many examples to support the explanation. It has been used for multiple Wiki Education Assignments. The author made edits to the article to keep it more up to date with the changing times. The only change I would make to the article was to move the social media section to be before the examples. Aside from that I think the article is complete and well developed.