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Features |
Magazine |
Journal |
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AUDIENCE |
The general public |
Experts in a particular field |
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STYLE |
Written for the average reader |
Written for experts using professional jargon |
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EDITING |
Edited by magazine staff |
Often peer-reviewed (reviewed by a panel of experts in the field) |
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CONTENTS |
Reports on current events and general interest items |
Usually presents original research in a specialized field |
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COVERAGE |
Articles are usually short, giving an overview of a topic |
Focus of articles is usually narrow and in-depth |
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AUTHORS |
Journalists, laypersons, sometimes no author is given |
Experts in the field; author credentials are given |
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SOURCES |
Sources are usually not cited |
Sources always cited; bibliographies given |
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APPEARANCE |
Glossy and colorful; lots of graphics and photographs |
Serious looking; often have charts and graphs but few photographs |
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ADS |
Lots of ads, often in color |
Few ads, if any |
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EXAMPLES |
Time, Newsweek, Ebony, Fortune, Business Week |
Clinical Nursing Research, Social Work, Journal of Abnormal Psychology |