Question

What are the 3 characteristics of Magazines, The three characteristics of newspapers and the three characteristics of scholarly journal articles?

When might it be appropriate to use these three in your research?

Answer 1

Three characteristics of Magazines-

1- Magazines are portable.

2- Magazines are influencing because of the inclusion of photographs and graphics.

3- Magazines focus/ concentrate on targeted/ specific readers.

The three characteristics of newspapers-

1- Newspapers are targeted/ concentrated towards the generalised audience/ common man.

2- They are very convenient to use because of less weight, thin paper and black & white text.

3- They reflect accurate, concise and contemporary information.

The three characteristics of scholarly journal articles-

1- The scholarly journal articles reflect academic research based findings and conclusions.

2- The audiences are a niche including researchers and professionals.

3- They are peer reviewed.

The above mentioned three media vehicles- newspapers, magazines, scholarly journal articles can be used as the enriched secondary data sources, specifically the articles from the scholarly journals tend to be significant in the context of research as they are peer reviewed.