Technical communication. Technical communication is a means to convey scientific, engineering, or other technical information. Individuals in a variety of contexts and with varied professional credentials engage in technical communication. Some individuals are designated as technical communicators or technical writers.
This guide is designed to teach the differences between popular and scholarly articles. Popular Articles (Magazines) 1  Are often written by journalists or professional writers for a general audience.  Use language easily understood by general readers.
Different types of peer-reviewed research journals; these specific publications are about economics. An academic or scholarly journal is a peer-reviewed or refereed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published.