User:Zoecollinss/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Climate communication

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because the climate communication is a big part of how to interpret this class and I think it is a very useful topic. My preliminary thoughts are that it is a pretty thorough essay with history and how-tos on climate communication.

Evaluate the article
The lead section has good definitions, that provide us with information on what climate communication is, and it has many links to programs and broader categories. I think that it could use a more in depth definition because it's pretty understandable but basic with little information. The content is good, it goes through a lot of ideas like history, literacy, audience and guides on how to communicate climate. I think that it is understandable to many people. The "changing rhetoric" has a content gap and I think it needs a more in depth explanation, I believe its trying to explain the switch from global warming to climate change but does not do that too effectively. I think that there is not really bias in this article, and that it is a little hard to have bias within this topic, because it is very fact based and has how-tos so the writers don't really have a chance to put in bias if they accidentally did so. The links I tried for the sources worked and a lot of them were from good articles, that seem to be from credible sources. Some seemed to be from places that have very basic information. The article is very easy to read and understand, and does not appear to have typos. The photos are clearly marked on where they are from and what they are. There isn't much in the talk, but it does explain that the author should not go off topic into something else, and I think that is a good overall thought to keep in mind. Overall I think that this article could go in depth a little more, but I think right now it is an understandable article that is easy to read.