Communication Criticism

Abstract/Outline Review Form
Reviewer’s name (use your real name):
Title of the essay outline being reviewed: Communication Criticism
Original Author: Mangels
For each question, please use the following scale to answer (place an x in the space provided):
0Fails by a large amount
1Fails by a small amount
2Succeeds by a small amount
3Succeeds by a large amount
The Abstract
* The abstract grabs the reader’s attention: __0 __1 _x_2 __3
* The abstract summarizes the contents of the essay: __0 __1 __2 _x_3
* The abstract is well written and free of grammatical errors: __0 __1 __2 _x_3
* Please give a frank account of the strengths and weaknesses of the abstract (in 100-200 words):
One of the strengths of the abstracts is that as it clearly states the hypothesis that the author in a clear and precise manner in the opening sentence. Secondly, the abstract is equally short, precise and straight to the point thus reducing elements of complication that could have been the case when the facts are thrown anyhow without any systematic flow. On the contrary, although the hypothesis statement in the opening statement serves as a plus in the abstract, it is lacks catchiness which is key in grabbing reader’s attention. That is to say that it lacks practical examples that can attract the reader’s attention into the article. The other weakness is that the authors arguments are well stated in the abstract, they are not connected to the hypothesis.
* Please provide detailed suggestions on how to improve the abstract (in 100-200 words):
One of the ways through which the abstract can be improved to make it catchier is to start by brief illustration on how the murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor highlights the overlaps through Instagram infographics. Secondly, rather than just stating his arguments in the abstract, the author can find a way of highlighting how the arguments correspond to the hypothesis statement in the first line of the abstract. For instance, the abstract only state that it analyzes Instagram text surrounding George Floyd and Breonna Taylor deaths but fails to indicate the purpose of the analyses which should be to showcase how Instagram infographics about the deaths represents overlap in scholarship areas.
* Is the abstract descriptive? Does it reflect the information contained in the body of the outline?
(Explain in 50-100 words):
The information on the abstract does represent the...