Library:WD/ScholarlyCommunication/CharacteristicsOfPopularWriting

Characteristics of popular writing:

Purpose:	Inform Entertain Sell Products Promote a Viewpoint
Audience:	General Public
Author:	Journalists who may or may not have subject expertise.
Content:	Simple, non-technical language Many graphics, photographs, and illustrations Rarely cite other sources Submitted articles are only reviewed by the editor of the publication
Examples:	Newspapers: Vancouver Sun National Post Globe and Mail New York Times Magazines: Time Maclean's Economist