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This document discusses the differences between popular magazines and scholarly journals. Popular magazines are designed for general audiences, use colorful graphics and short, casual articles. In contrast, scholarly journals are intended for specialists in a field and contain long, in-depth articles reporting on current research, with extensive citations and footnotes. The document provides examples of popular magazines and outlines some key distinguishing features of each publication type, such as intended audience and article style.
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