Popular communication informs and entertains the general public.
Magazines like Time and Rolling Stone and books like Michael
Jackson : music's living legend by Rosemary Wallner, distributed
by Rockbottom Books are examples of popular sources. Scholarly
communication disseminates research and academic discussion
among professionals within disciplines. Journals such as Memory
& Cognition and Journal of Abnormal Psychology are examples of
scholarly sources. Magazines and journals are specific examples
of popular and scholarly information sources, respectively.
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characteristics of these publication types.