Zcooper11

hey this is my user page

Since your the one that is supposed to be condensing all of our articles. I do believe I am supposed to post my article evaluation on your page. Article Evaluation The article over Media Influence is an example of a "good quality" Wikipedia article. When evaluating articles on Wikipedia there Re a couple of things to look out for to measure it's quality. These are: lead section provides a clear over view, structure is clear, each section is balanced, article is written in a non-bias manner, and that the sources are reliable. This article was fairly well written, with few grammatical errors. Otherwise this article meets each of the criteria for a good article. Ashleynabram (talk) 01:45, 17 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

Evaluation of Propaganda in the United States

Latest comment: 9 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Propaganda is the use of public information such as posters, radio, news articles, or television to influence the opinions and actions of citizens. The United States' government started the wide spread use propaganda during world War I to influence civilians to support the war effort and keep the financial cost of war down. Since then, government spread propaganda has been used to influence opinions on wars, both internationally and culturally. This article is currently rated as Start Class which I feel is appropriate. The article hits the high points of the topic, but fails to give a deeper understanding of how propaganda works in the US. Further examples of propaganda from various wars should be added, and the use of propaganda by the Ad Council, FBI, and IBB should be expanded. Wars fought internationally and domestically (war on drugs, guns, information, education ,etc) should be separated. The article fails to give examples of any domestic wars aside from the war on drugs. The article does a pretty good job of controlling biases, the information seems to be straightforward and un-opinionated. There are several good sources in the article at this point, but more need to be added for the topics about the FBI and IBB. More links to examples of propaganda (videos, posters) should be added to give the reader a further understanding of specific propaganda used throughout American History. Ekraft14 (talk) 14:39, 18 March 2015 (UTC)Reply

Evaluation of Propaganda in the United States.

The article starts with a 3 sentence summary of what propaganda is and its means of spreading (Ex: Books, News, Posters, etc). It covers 3 major wars WWI, WWII and Iraq, however it does not go into detail on each war and what the effects of the propaganda had on them. Nor does it mention the media's coverage on 9/11 or the events that followed like the elevation of Iraq under the pretext of WMD's or its connection with 9/11. It also doesn't contain enough information (only 2 sentences) on the Cold War portion and fails to provide illustrations. Examples such as the red scare and other anti- communist propaganda should be added. Vietnam is never mentioned in this article nor the agencies that monitor or expose the government propaganda. The dehumanization of enemies of the United States in never highlighted, even though that is the main component in all these cases. The role of the media is never mentioned in spreading or exposing of propaganda. jmv81

FINAL DRAFT EVALUATION BY JUSTIN (Unless I'm told otherwise) Purple Reign’s evaluation of wiki article “Propaganda in the United States”

Propaganda is the use of public information such as posters, radio, news articles, or television to influence the opinions and actions of citizens. The United States' government started the wide spread use propaganda during World War I to influence civilians to support the war effort and keep the financial cost of war down. Since then, the government has spread propaganda has been used to influence opinions on wars, both internationally and culturally. The article is currently rated as Start Class which I feel is appropriate given its flaws. The article hits the high points of the topic, but fails to give a deeper understanding of how propaganda works in the US. The Ad Council, FBI, and IBB should be expanded. It fails to mention the media's coverage on 9/11 or the events that followed like the invasion of Iraq under the pretext that Saddam has weapons of mass destruction or its lack of connection with 9/11. It also doesn't contain enough information (only 2 sentences) on the Cold War portion and fails to provide illustrations. Examples such as the red scare and other anti- communist propaganda should be added. Vietnam is never mentioned in this article nor the agencies that monitor or expose the government propaganda. The dehumanization of enemies of the United States in never highlighted, even though that is the main component in every case. Nor is the media in its role of spreading or exposing of propaganda. Wars fought internationally and domestically (war on drugs, guns, information, education, etc.) should be separated. The article fails to give examples of any domestic wars aside from the war on drugs. However, the article does a decent job of controlling biases, the information seems to be straightforward and un-opinionated. There are several good sources in the article, but more need to be added for the topics like the FBI and IBB. More links to examples of propaganda such as videos or posters should be added to give the reader a further understanding of the propaganda used throughout American History.

″I just added a couple points on WWII and checked for grammar, but other than that it looks good.″

Propaganda is the use of public information such as posters, radio, news articles, or television to influence the opinions and actions of citizens. The United States government started the wide spread use propaganda during World War I to influence civilians to support the war effort and keep the financial cost of war down. Since then, the government’s use of propaganda has escalated and has been used to influence opinions on wars, both internationally and culturally.

The article is currently rated as Start Class. Because of the article’s flaws, this rating is very appropriate. The article hits the high points of the topic, but fails to give a deeper understanding of how propaganda works in the US. For example, the WWII section should be expanded on more. The article fails to mention important anti-Nazi propaganda as well as “Rosie the Riveter”. The Ad Council, FBI, and IBB lack an in-depth discussion. The article fails to mention the media's coverage on 9/11 or the events that follow like the invasion of Iraq under the pretext that Saddam has weapons of mass destruction or its lack of connection with 9/11. Furthermore, there the discussion does not contain enough information (only 2 sentences) on the Cold War portion and fails to provide illustrations. Examples such as the red scare and other anti- communist propaganda should be added. Another weakness of this article is the fact that Vietnam is never mentioned in this article nor the agencies that monitor or expose the government propaganda. The dehumanization of enemies of the United States is never highlighted even though that is the main component in every case. Media is one of the primary tools for spreading propaganda. Unfortunately, this article does not discuss the media’s role of spreading or exposing of propaganda. Wars fought internationally and domestically (war on drugs, guns, information, education, etc.) should be separated. The article fails to give examples of any domestic wars aside from the war on drugs.

However, the article does a decent job of controlling biases. The information seems to be straightforward and un-opinionated. There are several good sources in the article, but more need to be added for the topics like the FBI and IBB. More links to examples of propaganda such as videos or posters should be added to give the reader a further understanding of the propaganda used throughout American History. (Zcooper11 (talk) 02:52, 25 March 2015 (UTC))Reply

Welcome!

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Welcome!

Hello, Zcooper11, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to leave me a message or place {{Help me}} on this page and someone will drop by to help.

I work with the Wiki Education Foundation, and help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment. If there's anything I can do to help with your assignment (or, for that matter, any other aspect of Wikipedia) please feel free to drop me a note. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 21:27, 20 February 2015 (UTC)Reply

Add topic