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Newspapers |
Magazines |
Journals |
| Author |
Staff writers;not always identified |
Journalist or layperson |
Experts in area of study; researchers and scholars |
| Audience |
General |
General |
Professors, researchers, practitioners and students |
| Content |
Current events |
Interviews, general information, advertisements |
In-depth research on specialized or technical topics; usually includes an abstract; academic book reviews |
| Purpose |
Current, topical and local information |
Entertain, provide general and popular information |
Provide information about original research or experiements; report new findings in field of research |
| Frequency |
Daily |
Weekly |
Months or years of preparation before publishing |
| Examples |
New York Times, Washington Post |
Time, Newsweek, Business Week |
Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, Urban Studies, Science |