Popular Press

Grocery store tabloids

Popular Press

Entertainment/Style

Popular Press

Cultural/Intellectual

Popular Press

News/Political

Popular Press

The Trades

Popular Press

• Grocery store tabloids

• Entertainment/Style

• Cultural/Intellectual

• News/Political

• The Trades

Popular press articles are not scholarly.

They are held

to a looser standard in

citing sources

The pop press can get away with citing anonymous sources.

Scholars are held to higher standard in disclosing

sources.

They must provide complete documentation.

Scholars held to a higher standard of documenting sources.

Peer Review

Alternative terms for scholarly articles:

peer-reviewed articles

professional journals

academic journals

Pop periodicals often announce the release of scholarly studies.

Popular Periodicals

• Awareness of current events

• Provides background information

• Fills gaps left by the scholarly press

• Announces release of scholarly studies