Library: Differences Between Magazines, Newspapers and Journals: Differences Between Magazines, Newspapers and Journals

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	MAGAZINES	NEWSPAPERS	JOURNALS
Types of Articles	Popular	Popular	Scholarly
Examples	Time Sports Illustrated Vogue	Arizona Republic New York Times Wall Street Journal	Current Research in Social Psychology Environmental Research Journal of Open Innovation
Value and Uses	Current events and news Brief, factual information Short articles Interviews	News stories Current information Local and regional focus Analysis and opinion of current events	Reports of original research In-depth analysis of topics Lengthy articles Statistical information
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	Photos, graphics and charts Many ads	Graphs, charts and tables Ads are very rare