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Communication studies
Article Evaluation: Overall the article presents itself as factual and contains many sources that are cited below. At the beginning of the article Wikipedia has indicated that there is information that has not been cited which leads me to believe that there was information included that could be considered copyright and plagiarism. Then while I continued to read the article Wikipedia indicated that the section titled In Canada has not been citied which needs to be changed immediately. In that same section there are " influential thinkers from Canadian communication " listed and not all of them have been linked to their own Wikipedia page which could be because certain individuals do not have one but that was not made clear. In the source below it gives more of an explanation about communication studies in Canada and discusses who Gertrude Robinson is. She was one of the influential thinkers that was listed but not linked the way that other thinkers were.
Sources: Siegel, A., Osler, A., Fouts, G., & Tate, E. D. (2000). The beginnings of communication studies in canada: Remembering and narrating the past. Canadian Journal of Communication, 25(1), 61. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.22230/cjc.2000v25n1a1139

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Assertiveness
Article Evaluation: The article is organized into clear simple subsections that are easy to find and refence. The topic of the article was stated and cited correctly so that the reader was able to easily able to identify what the article was about. The content in the article is written neutrally and professionally. In general citations seem reliable but some citations that are from novels that do not have links to the online version which makes it slightly harder to check if all information is being used with proper explanation. There were certain sections of the article that clearly weren't cited that leaves suspicion for copyright which need to be citied immediately.
Sources: Henderson, L., & Hancock, G. (2002, 08). Quirky characters in intriguing situations [the broken record technique]. Books in Canada, 31, 12. Retrieved from https://login.proxy.bib.uottawa.ca/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/magazines/quirky-characters-intriguing-situations-broken/docview/215187571/se-2?accountid=14701

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Bobo doll experiment
Article Evaluation: Includes information and claims from all perspectives which indicated that this piece of writing was written with the intent to avoid bias towards one perspective. But in that same section there is a need for " verification".. So this brings into question the quality of the source used until another individual from Wikipedia deems the content to be approved. The article is written in a tone that only a certain audience will enjoy reading rather then being more selective with word choice which will invite a larger range of individuals to stay engaged with the article and understand the topic at hand. Some links included at the bottom do not exist anymore and aren't able to be used to cite certain information that was used above.
Sources: Albert Bandura, Part 1. . (1988).[Video/DVD] University of Akron. Cummings Center for the History of Psychology. Retrieved from https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/albert-bandura-part-1; Albert Bandura, Part 2. . (1988).[Video/DVD] University of Akron. Cummings Center for the History of Psychology. Retrieved from https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/albert-bandura-part-2

Article title: Upward communication
Article Evaluation: The content of the article stays on the topic of upward communication and does not waiver from this topic. This article has not been written neutrally and was fully based of the writers opinions and beliefs which is not what Wikipedia stands for. On Wikipedia articled we are looking for factual evidence that a reader can go to our references and find exactly what source it came from. When an article is not written based on facts that means it is constructed based on bias and not reliable sources. This article does not have any references listed which can bring a reader to believe that all information is plagiarized
Sources: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191800986.001.0001/acref-9780191800986-e-2887; Kamal Kumar, & Kumar Mishra, S. (2017). Subordinate‐Superior Upward Communication: Power, Politics, and Political Skill. Human Resource Management, 56(6), 1015–1037. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21814

Article title: Word of mouth
Article Evaluation: The content of this article is relevant to the topic and discusses similar topics that are along the same line but shows their distinctions. The content is engaging and is written that it can be understood by a wide variety of people while being very informative. The article is written neutrally and almost every claim has a citation linked to it. Some of the citations are not easy to access the information needed or are not functioning at all.
Sources: Berger, J. (2014). Word of mouth and interpersonal communication: A review and directions for future research. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 24(4), 586–607. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26618038