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Subject: Talking about the second question...

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Fernanda Pires

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Date Posted: 07:19:27 08/12/10 Thu

How does it differ from other common written media where one can also find scientific, specialized and discipline-specific information, such as newspapers, newsletters and magazines?

With refereed journals the writers have their articles examined by their equals before publishing them. This is done to ensure high quality information.
Refereed journals are written by specialists in the field and have as audience scholars, specialists, and students. On the other hand, printed media are generally written by professional journalists, not necessary specialists in the field and they have general public as audience.
Also the contents are different, with common media we have popular topics, current affairs, general discussion, editorial opinion, graphics, photographs, advertisements and usually no bibliography or list of sources. With refereed journals we have research results, frequently theoretical in nature; detailed examination; statistical analysis; graphics; bibliography is usually included.
Journals are often produced by the academic community and may be difficult to comprehend because of the theoretical language. They are supposed to present neutral point of view and may have a more scholarly appearance comparing to common media that have a graphic look and can be easier understood by laypeople.

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Re: Talking about the second question...	Tatiana Miranda	10:32:23 08/13/10 Fri