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WRIT 1000: Ingersoll

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Use the following criteria to decide if a publication is popular or scholarly.


	Scholarly Articles	Popular Articles
Author	Expert in the field, credentials and affilated university listed	Journalist, freelance writer or staff writers
Length of article	Longer more detailed content	Shorter articles giving a brief overview
Intended audience	Researchers, experts in the field	General Public
Layout	Includes an abstract, footnotes, list of citations.	Does not follow a standard format, often a simple title
Images	Charts, graphs, tables of data	Colorful, eye catching photos
Vocabulary	Specialized terminology, need extensive knowlege of discipline to understand text	Written at the level to be understood by the general public

This video explains the differences between scholarly and popular publications.