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Popular Magazines
vs. Scholarly Journals |
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Popular Magazines |
Scholarly Journals |
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Overall appearance |
Glossy paper,
advertisements, heavily illustrated, attractive in appearance |
Serious, may contain
graphs or charts; no glossy pages, photographs; few or no advertisements |
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Audience |
General Public |
Scholars, researchers and
students |
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Authors |
Journalists, professional
writers; credentials rarely provided |
Researchers, scholars, or
experts in the field; the article includes their academic credentials |
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Documentation |
Sources sometimes cited
for news articles, but rarely |
Cited sources in
footnotes or bibliography |
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Purpose |
Provide general
information |
Report on or review
original research or experimentation in narrowly focused discipline or
academic subject. |
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Article Acceptance |
Articles written by hired
reporters, edited by magazine editors |
Often undergo a
"peer-review" process -- reviewed by other scholars in the
field before being published --sometimes these journals are
called "refereed journals" |
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Examples |
Time, Newsweek,
Psychology Today, Ms., Nation,
Popular Science, Life, Sports Illustrated, Commentary,
Architectural Digest, The Futurist, Motor Trend, Natural History, Prevention,
Sierra, Sunset, Wired |
New England Journal of
Medicine, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Adolescence, American Historical Review, Art
History, Counseling Psychologist, Geological Society of America Bulletin,
Harvard Law Review, Management Science, Urban Affairs Quarterly, Women's
Studies. |
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last
revised: 3-30-09 |