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