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Article Evaluation

I read and reviewed the Wikipedia article for Effects of sex in the media. For starters, I wish the article would have defined their definition of media. I assumed media was more so television, photos, and even social media apps like Twitter and Instagram. Instead, media seemed to be defined as just pornography. However, at first glance I personally would have assumed more than just pornography. That being said, the material in the article did appear to focus on pornographic material, definitions and it's effects. I do think had the article been more broad and included other media, this Wiki page could be more in depth.

Personally, I tend to struggle with seeing if Wikipedia articles are persuasive in nature or stating fact. This article appeared to be reciting fact from their sources, but one could say otherwise. In regards to its tone, I didn't feel it made me think one way over another, it felt neutral. I interpreted a lot of it to be definition, as I would expect. The sources cited appear to be solid, as books are references, as are psychology journals. Even research studies were cited in this article, which in my opinion tends to give it more validity. Like in many instances, sources can be decades old, and even newer. I did click on two links, one of which worked and wanted to me pay for a PDF journal article. The other link took me to a page that was invalid. Obviously cleaning up the sources would give more credibility. I do not feel that sources were out of date. However, I do feel that authors could add more to this, as media is evolving and so should the research and information.

When I clicked the talk page, I was shocked to see there was no conversation. A yellow box appeared and had a couple, "this article has not yet received..." sentences. The article is not rated, nor is it part of a WikiProject. I'm not sure if it should weigh in on its credibility, but I am more skeptical of the page. Just for the fun of it, I went on a random Wikipedia page and viewed it's talk page. I felt a little relieved when I saw what one was supposed to look like, as the Effects of Sex in the Media does not have an active talk page.

Overall, the article would be a good start for someone to learn about this subject. However, in order to make it more credible, I would review the sources to make sure they're valid. In addition, I do feel this article could have more information if they broadened the definition of media. As someone who randomly clicked on the title, I was expecting more.

Call-out Culture- Assigned Article

• Is the article's content relevant to the topic? Are some areas under- or over-developed? There is not a lot of information in the Call-out Culture article to begin with. However, from what the Wikipedia page does have, it does seem relevant. I personally think this page could have a lot more information. I do see that towards the bottom there are a lot of "See Also" links. I wonder if some of these can be combined, or at least portions. Overall, I would say this page is under-developed.
• Is it written neutrally? I feel like the article is neutral. I don't feel persuaded one way or another. I do not feel like there is any type of agenda on this page. There seems to be a lot of direct quoting on this page, such as "___ said...". I want to explore this further.
• Does each claim have a citation? Are the citations reliable? I randomly clicked on citations, and they do appear to work. In addition, they seem reliable. I believe they're reliable because quite a few appear to be research journal articles.

What can you add? Consider posting some of your ideas to the article's Talk page. I want to explore the other "see also" links. If reliable sources can be used for both pages, I think they should be. I also noticed someone on the talk page thought the same thing, that a merge could happen. I clicked the 'Talk' page, and saw that the page was nominated for deletion just last month. However, it was decided to keep the page. There have been some good discussions on the talk page, something I need to thoroughly read before adding. I decided to look at the Foley Library database to see what relevant information I could find. I found at least three sources that I plan on using for this, two articles and one thesis related to call-out culture.