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	MAGAZINES	JOURNALS	NEWSPAPERS
Advertising	popular products	few advertisements	popular products
Audience	general public	academics, students	general public
Author	staff or popular writer	academic researcher/writer	journalist
Content	general information	research findings & ideas	news & information
Frequency	weekly or monthly	(BI)monthly or quarterly	daily or weekly
Length	short	long	short
Reading Level	high school or lower	undergraduate to graduate	high school or lower
References	none or minimal	fully documented	none or minimal
Title Words	magazine, weekly	journal, report, quarterly	herald, register, tribune
EXAMPLES:	Cosmopolitan National Geographic Time People Weekly	Journal of Economic Issues Presidential Studies Quarterly Technology Review	New York Times Kansas City Star St. Louis Post Dispatch

Other types of articles:
	TRADE PUBLICATION	PEER-REVIEWED (REFEREED)
Advertising	trade products	few advertisements
Audience	professionals	academics, students
Author	expert in the field or occupation	academic researcher/writer
Content	targeted to career audience	evaluated by peers prior to publication
Reading Level	high school to college	undergraduate to graduate
References	some, not consistent	fully documented
EXAMPLES:	Progressive Grocer ABA Banking Journal	Journal of the American Medical Assoc. Journal of American History

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