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Professional/Trade Journals |
- Appearance: Attractive, often glossy.
- Ads: Contains ads for products & services.
- Documentation: May cite sources.
- Authors: Practitioners in the field.
- Audience: Other practitioners
- Publisher: A commercial publisher or a professional
organization.
- Purpose: To provide information about current trends
and practices to practitioners in the field.
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Journals of Opinion |
- Appearance: Attractive, often glossy.
- Ads: Contains ads for consumer goods.
- Documentation: Usually does NOT cite sources.
- Authors: Sometimes a scholar, but also staff and
freelance writers.
- Audience: An educated audience. Language is usually
more sophisticated than a popular magazine.
- Publisher: Usually a commercial publisher.
- Purpose: To inform. To promote a particular viewpoint
or perspective (e.g., progressive or conservative).
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Newspapers |
- Appearance: Newsprint, some color photos.
- Ads: Yes! Ads for products, services, local stores,
etc.
- Documentation: No formal citations. May cite sources
within an article's text.
- Authors: Journalists, freelance writers.
- Audience: General public.
- Publisher: A commercial publisher.
- Purpose: To provide information about current events,
especially from a local perspective.
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