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Scholarly Journals and Popular Magazines. What’s what?. What’s the Difference?. Scholarly . Popular. Authors are authorities in their fields, specialists, experts, scholars, and researchers Includes author’s credentials. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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SCHOLARLY JOURNALS AND POPULAR MAGAZINES
What’s what?
What’s the Difference?
SCHOLARLY POPULAR
Authors are authorities in their fields, specialists, experts, scholars, and researchers
Includes author’s credentials
Authors are magazine staff members or free lance writers and/or generalists
Often exclude author’s credentials
Difference...
SCHOLARLY POPULAR
Authors cite their sources in endnotes, footnotes, and/or bibliographies
Authors mention sources but seldom cite them in formal bibliographies
Difference...
SCHOLARLY POPULAR
Articles go through peer-review process
Almost no advertising and color
No peer-review process
Contain numerous advertisements and color
Difference...
SCHOLARLY POPULAR
Articles inform or report research
Illustrations come in the form of charts, diagrams or graphs to explain the research
Articles normally entertain
Illustrations are numerous and colorful to add marketing appeal
Difference...
SCHOLARLY POPULAR
Language, the use of specific to the particular discipline
There will often have an abstract ant eh beginning of the article
Language, simple and every day
Rarely contain an abstract
Difference...
SCHOLARLY POPULAR
Often published by professional organization or university
Indexed in subject indexes, such as MLA, PsychInfo, etc.
Published for profit Indexed in popular
indexes
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