Today in class, we were handed magazines, and were told to categorize the magazines into one of three groups: Popular, trade/professional or scholarly. We were to look at the magazine's appearance, context, advertisements, and other such attributes to find which type of magazine it is. A "popular" magazine is described as one that has a lot of advertisements, is designed for the general public, and it uses vocabulary that is considered basic. A popular magazine also has a lot of color, and essentially a lot of color. A "trade/professional magazine" is one that is geared towards members of a specific industry or profession, uses language that is more technical and relates to a certain profession, and has advertisements that are designed to pull in buyers from specific fields or professions. The final type of magazine is scholarly/research journal. These types of magazines are intended for scholars, researchers, and students with some insight to the field in which the magazine covers. These types of magazines also generally have less color and minimal to no advertisements.
Some advantages to having print and electronic forms of periodicals are that readers can gain quick access to whatever they may be searching for, and they can look for articles on past topics and important issues. Some disadvantages are that some periodicals become outdated, and their publishes don't print them past certain dates. Also, some periodicals require you be a buyer to get the information that you are looking for. This mainly happens online, but either way, you are going to be short some money if you end up having to buy the magazine.
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Item 3: I agree with the first part of your entry, but not the second.
You write: "Some disadvantages are that some periodicals become outdated, and their publishers don't print them past certain dates."
All material will become outdated. Articles, books, and other information sources are written in a certain time. After that, when more time passes, the material becomes dated. Really great articles and books remain relevant. Many other writings don't. The format of the material doesn't matter.
You write: "Also, some periodicals require you be a buyer to get the information that you are looking for. This mainly happens online, but either way, you are going to be short some money if you end up having to buy the magazine."
I'm not sure what you mean by these sentences. All information costs money. You have access to the library databases because you are a student, but just because you don't pay to view them doesn't mean they don't cost money. We pay a great deal for these databases, a cost you don't see.
The print materials also cost - it all costs. The question is whether those costs are paid by you directly from your pocket or whether they are paid from a budget you don't see. That budget is still coming from somewhere, though.
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