SOCI 201 - Introduction to Sociology - Flavin

A scholarly and popular articles differ. Scholarly articles are written by experts in their fields and are the most reliable sources. Popular articles are written by journalists and not experts in one particular field.

• Length for scholarly articles are sometimes 5-50 pages
• Audience for scholarly articles are academics, college students, and scholarly audiences
• Expertise for scholarly articles. written by academics, professors, specials, researchers
• Peer-reviewed. Scholarly articles are peer-reviewed by authorities in a particular subject field that decide whether it is a credible piece of research.
• Subjects. Scholarly articles are confined to a single, very specific aspect or a subject area.

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