- Compare a Magazine Article and a Scholarly Journal Article on the Same Topic -
Superstitions and Child Development
- POINTS TO COMPARE -
AUDIENCE: General
AUTHOR: A journalist, possibly a Discover staff writer
PURPOSE OF ARTICLE: To inform, to entertain, to briefly report on some scholarly research done by someone else
LANGUAGE: Informal
HOW ARE SOURCES CITED?: Informally, no full citations
# OF PAGES: 3
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AUDIENCE: Scholars and researchers in psychology
AUTHOR: A professor, the person who conducted the research
PURPOSE OF ARTICLE: To share in-depth scholarly research done by the authors
LANGUAGE: Formal, specialized
HOW ARE SOURCES CITED?: Formally, complete citations, in-text and references/bibliography
# OF PAGES: 10
Did you notice that the author of the scholarly journal article was mentioned in the magazine article?