User talk:GraceCath
Hi Grace! How is it going?
Final Project Wikipedia Articles for Consideration[edit]
Article 1
This article, explaining the basics of media planning, really sparked my interest when I was browsing article categories. I think that I have a lot to say when it comes to this subject because it is something that grabbed my attention. I wanted to stay away from articles along the subject of media because of the controversy that comes with it, and the many opinions that swirl around such a topic. I knew that I would have to be extremely careful in writing from a neutral point of view and including both sides of how people in society perceive present-day media. Media planning, however, is a concept that is a bit more black and white, so I figured that I would not run into this problem. In regards to the notability and verifiability of this article, I definitely think that because such a topic is useful to those in education positions, perhaps studying marketing in school or teaching a course, it is a concept that is deserving of having its own article. The sources/references on this article do include educational institutions, however they could definitely be a bit stronger to boost the verifiability and notability, which is something that I think that I could do more research on and strengthen as I edit the article. Because of the fact that media planning is a well taught subject in the economic world, there are an abundance of sources that would be available to me if I chose to use this article for my project, like academic essays and talks. It is clear that this article can be well expanded upon, as it is not that long and most information given are in short bullet points. Although it is not as short as a very basic start/stub article, there is a lot of room for improvement in this media planning article, and it provides a strong jump off point for the final project if I end up choosing it.
Article 2
This article stems from the topic of advertising and explains the very basic definition of demographic targeting and how it is a tactic used by advertising companies. An extremely more basic start/stub article than the previous article option above (media planning), there is definitely a long ways to go in terms of expansion on this topic. This could be a good thing in that I have the ability to create more new material as opposed to changing/editing old material as well as simultaneously adding new information. In terms of neutral point of view, I feel like there is a lot of unbiased information that I could include when editing this article, so I do not think that it will be particularly difficult to take on a neutral stance about this topic. When it comes to notability and verifiability, this article does not have any sources/references that stick out that strongly to support the article's contents. This could very well be because there is just not a lot of content on such a basic stub/start article, so no real sources are needed as of now. However, because of the nature of demographic targeting and how it is used in our society's economy and taught in educational institutions, I think that there will be a plethora of sources and references that I could use when gathering research. I see a lot of promise in this article for expansion and improvement if I chose it for my final project.
Article 3
Staying within the realm of advertising that my previous article was also in, this article explains what a hard sell in advertising is and what tactics used by salespeople consitute a hard sell, as opposed to a soft sell. This article is even more basic than my previous article option on demographic targeting, making it even more a of a stub/start article with room for expansion and improvement of the information surrounding this topic. Again, this topic interests me and I am sure that there is a wide availability of sources about hard sells because they are important marketing concepts that are well used in our society and taught in business classes in schools. There is the definite possibility that I will find excellent references/sources that are credible that could be published by established professors at universities, or even famous economists. This would undoubtedly boost both notability and verifiability of the article, as such a concept that is so widely used in marketing deserves a page dedicated to inform the public of what it is all about. Keeping a neutral point of view while writing this article will e relatively easy because of the straightforward, unbiased information that is needed to correctly describe this aspect. Thus, I will not have to worry about being conscious that I do not show a position on a controversial subject. I think that having this article as an option to use for my final project leaves me with a lot of freedom to build an article full of credible, relevant information.
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Final Article Selection - Hard Sell[edit]
For my final article selection, I have decided to work on the Hard sell article. Out of my three choices that I researched to choose from in the previous assignment, the Hard sell article and the Demographic targeting were the two articles out of the three that gave me the most freedom to expand in terms adding in more information because they were the more "start"/"stub" articles compared to the first article that I chose on media planning. This first article definitely needs work and attention, however it is nowhere near the other two articles in terms of lack of information. Once it came down to the hard sell article and demographic targeting article, when doing some research on possible sources that I could use in order to add information to the articles, I found a lot more credible sources on what a hard sell is, not to mention that demographic targeting is a lot less prevalent on the Internet, as a whole, when you search it. Because hard sell makes an appearance a lot more frequently than demographic targeting, there is a better chance of me increasing verifiability and credibility when it comes to the information and references I end up using and adding to the article. Additionally, I know a little bit about demographic targeting already from one of my economics classes in high school, but have never learned about hard sells and what they're about. I think that pursuing this topic is a good idea, as it will allow me to gain knowledge on an area that I have never explored before and don't really know a great deal about.