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Differences Between Magazines, Newspapers and Journals
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MAGAZINES |
NEWSPAPERS |
JOURNALS |
Types of Articles |
Popular |
Popular |
Scholarly |
Examples |
Time
Sports Illustrated
Vogue
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Arizona Republic
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
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Current Research in Social Psychology
Environmental Research
Journal of Open Innovation
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Value and Uses |
- Current events and news
- Brief, factual information
- Short articles
- Interviews
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- News stories
- Current information
- Local and regional focus
- Analysis and opinion of current events
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- Reports of original research
- In-depth analysis of topics
- Lengthy articles
- Statistical information
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Authors |
Journalists |
Journalists |
Researchers, academics, scholars |
Sources |
Original sources can be obscure |
Sources are rarely cited in full |
Footnotes and bibliographies |
Publishers |
Commercial / trade publisher |
Commercial / trade publisher |
Professional organizations, universities, research institutes and scholarly presses |
Graphics |
- Many graphics and photos
- Glossy ads
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- Photos, graphics and charts
- Many ads
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- Graphs, charts and tables
- Ads are very rare
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