{"id":756,"date":"2018-04-02T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/writehere\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=756"},"modified":"2018-07-13T14:47:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T14:47:29","slug":"general-popular-sources","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/writehere\/chapter\/general-popular-sources\/","title":{"raw":"General \u201cPopular\u201d Sources","rendered":"General \u201cPopular\u201d Sources"},"content":{"raw":"\u201cScholarly\u201d and \u201cpopular\u201d are terms used to describe a source\u2019s content, purpose, audience and more. Popular sources are intended for a more general audience and they can range from entertainment magazines to well researched investigative articles from the <em>New York Times.<\/em> With most scholarly sources we can rely on the peer review process to evaluate the authority and credibility of the research presented to us. With popular sources, it is up to you to determine whether the source is appropriate for your own research.\r\n\r\nSo what are Popular Sources?\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Magazines,<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">newspapers (from your local daily news to the <em>New York Times<\/em>),<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">books (online and in print),<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">websites, social media, blogs and wikis etc., and<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">media (including podcasts, movies and award-winning documentaries).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/writehere\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2018\/06\/icon-2515316_1920-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1296\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/writehere\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2018\/04\/girl-791231_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1344\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>\u201cScholarly\u201d and \u201cpopular\u201d are terms used to describe a source\u2019s content, purpose, audience and more. 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