Journals and magazines

1. Journals and
Magazines
By
S. Aswini
Department of Physical science
VOC College of Education.

2. Content
• What is Journal?
• Types of Journal
• What is Magazines?
• Content of Magazines
• Types of Magazines
• Journal Vs Magazines
• Reference

3. What is Journal?
•Journal Is a periodical.
• Include - Only research,
academic articles.
•It may also include personal
articles.
•Fact and Evidence based.

4. •Decided structure.
•Published – monthly or quarterly
schedule.
•written by experts or scholars of that
particular field discussed in the article.

5. The issue of a journal is made
periodically, throughout the year.
It is:
• Peer-reviewed
• Up to date
• Digestible
• Topic-specific

6. Types of Journals:
•Academic / Scholarly journals.
•Trade Journals.
•Current affairs/ Opinion
magazines

7. Academic / Scholarly Journals:
Purpose:
• To inform, report and make available
original research and new findings.
Subject:
• Often devoted to a single discipline or
sub discipline.

8. Peer review process:
•Articles often reviewed by an author’s peers
before publication.
Examples:
1. American economic review.
2. Australian journal of psychology.

9. Trade Journals:
Purpose:
• To report on Industry trends, new
products or techniques to people in
a specific trade, businesses or
profession.
Subject:
• Cover practical information related
to a field or industry.

10. Peer review process:
• No peer review process.
Examples:
Advertising age Nursing times Drug topics

11. Current affairs/ Opinion magazines
Purpose:
• To often in-depth reporting and features
articles without Scholarly
Subject:
• cover a wide range of topics of interest to the
readership.

12. Peer review process:
• No peer review process.
Examples:
Bulletin current affairs bulletin Scientifi American

13. What is Magazines?
• Magazines are the periodicals.
• Aim – General public
• Language – simple and various
native language
• Entertainment articles (gossips,
celebrity news,etc)
• Published – weekly or monthly

14. • Largely supported and financed by
Advertisement.
• Audience attention.
• They can be written by anyone and everyone.
• They are mostly aimed to entertain or inform
the general public about various topics and
subjects of interest.

15. Content of Magazines:

16. Types of Magazines:

17. General Interest Magazine:
• Magazines that cater to the public at
large, to convey news and information in
general, on a variety of topics and
subjects.
• Therefore, the article is based on burning
issues or trending topics.

18. Special Interest Magazine:
•Those magazines which target a
specific group of audience, which
have similar interests and likings
are called special interest
magazine.

19. It may include:
•Sports magazines
•Business magazines
•Entertainment magazines
•Automobile magazines
•Women’s magazines
•Men’s magazines
•Children’s magazines

20. Journal Vs Magazines

21. Meaning:
Journals:
Journals are periodicals, which contains current news
and events in the form of article, related to a particular
field of study.
Magazines:
The magazine is a collection of theme-based
contents, in a single thin book.

22. Appearance:
Journal:
•Dull and sober colours.
Magazines:
• Vibrant and colourful.

23. Contents:
Journal
•Contents are based on news and research
in the concerned field.
Magazines
•Contents are based on current events and
topics of general interest.

24. Articles:
Journals:
•Lengthly and descriptive.
Magazines:
•Brief

25. Article writer:
Journals:
•Expert, Researcher or Professional.
Magazines:
•Writers or freelancers.

26. Signature of writer:
Journals:
•Articles are always signed by
writer.
Magazines:
•Articles are not signed by author.

27. Review:
Journals:
•Peer reviewed.
Magazines:
•Reviewed by one or more editors.

28. Graphics:
Journals:
•Graphs, tables, Statistics and
charts.
Magazines:
•Pictures and illustrations.

29. Language used:
Journals:
•Technical language.
Magazines:
•Non technical language.

30. Publishing shedule:
Journals:
•Monthly or quarterly
Magazines:
•Weekly or Monthly.

31. Target audience:
Journals:
•Scholarly audience.
Magazines:
•General public.

32. Contains Ads:
Journals:
•No ads
Magazines:
•Lots of ads.

33. Pick the journals
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