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Other Clues in
Telling the Difference
We
have already looked at how scholarly journals and popular magazines are
different from
each other in terms of who their audience is and who writes for them,
whether it is peer
reviewed, the length of the articles, and whether they have a
bibliography.
Here
are a few other clues to help you tell the difference.
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The covers of journals tend to be plain. Journals articles are
mostly text, with no or few pictures or illustrations. There
often will be charts, graphs, or tables accompanying the article.
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Appearance |
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Magazine covers are a lot flashier, with colorful pictures and
catchy phrases, designed to catch the eye of a potential buyer.
Magazine articles usually have colorful photographs.
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Journals almost never have advertising. |
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Advertising |
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Magazines have lots of advertising. It's one of the ways that
magazines make money, by selling space to advertisers. It's
also one of the easiest ways to tell magazines and journals apart. |
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Journal articles are
usually very structured. Research articles especially follow a
pattern of having these components:
- Abstract
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Literature review
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Methodology
- Results
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Conclusion or Discussion
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Bibliography
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Article Structure |
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Magazine articles don't follow any particular structure. They
can follow a variety of structures in how they are written. |
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