Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Popular vs. Scholarly
Popular vs. Scholarly
SCHOLARLY JOURNALS POPULAR MAGAZINES
examples: examples:
· Journal of Biochemistry · US News and World
What is the
· American Sociological Review Report
title?
· Journalism and Mass · Rolling Stone
Communication Quarterly · Reader’s Digest
Who Published by professional
Published by commercial
publishes organizations, university presses,
presses
it? research institutes…
How often
Usually published monthly or Usually published every
is it
quarterly week or month
published?
Experts, scholars, or authorities Journalists, staff, and
Who writes
presenting ideas and research to freelance writers writing
the
their colleagues or other (often) unsigned articles for
articles?
researchers the general public
Lengthy articles written in Shorter articles written in
What are scholarly or technical language; informal language; no
the articles include footnotes or endnotes, references, includes
like? references, sometimes charts or photographs and
graphs advertisements
Is there a
Articles usually reviewed by other
review
experts before being published.
process for No review process
Sometimes known as a refereed
the
or peer reviewed journal.
articles?
Revised August 2008