Library:WD/ScholarlyCommunication/WhatIsPopularWriting

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What is popular writing?


Scientific discoveries are reported to people through both popular and scholarly writing.

Popular publications (also called consumer publications) aim to inform readers about issues of common interest to the general public. Examples of popular writing which many of you are familiar with include publications such as the Vancouver Sun and Maclean's.

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  1. Microsoft. 2012. Microsoft images: MP900178526 [online]. Available from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?ex=2&qu=babies#ai:MP900178526%7Cmt:2%7C [accessed 22 May 2012].