Writing Directions
STEP ONE:
Watch this video comparing popular versus scholarly articles
Write a paragraph about what you learned about the differences between popular and scholarly sources
STEP TWO:
Search for information about your topic in popular sources (newspapers/magazines). Identify 3 potential popular sources that discuss your research topic. Choose only sources where you can access the full text.
Write a citation for each source following the example below:
Author’s name (last name first). “Title.” Title of the Journal/Magazine, vol #, date of publication, page range. Name of database. Accessed date.
Justice, Clifton. “Teaching Students How to Cite.” Google. 21 November 2021. (Some sources will not have all of the information requested. Provide the information you have and move on.)
STEP THREE:
Write a 4-paragraph rhetorical analysis of one of your scholarly sources and one of your popular sources. Select 1 or more of the scholarly sources you found last week when searching the library databases to compare and contrast with 1 or more of the popular sources you have just located.
What is their purpose? Do they have similar or different purposes? What are their main arguments and central point? How are they similar or different? Discuss in a paragraph.
Who is the intended audience for each source? What clues in the publications and the readings help you identify the audience for each work? Discuss in a paragraph.
Who are the writers of each source? What makes you think they are credible? (Run a Google Search on the writers). Discuss in a paragraph.
How useful do these sources seem in regards to the theme/issue you’ve chosen to research? Discuss in a paragraph.
Make sure you use in-text citations and include a full citation for the scholarly article.
STEP FOUR
Write a 1-paragraph reflection about this experience.
Discuss what you learned from this whole process about research, comparing/contrasting, and your topic!
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