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Popular literature includes books, magazine and newspaper articles, websites, and other materials intended for a general audience rather than a scholarly, professional one. These materials tend to have a popular perspective. They cover news, current events, or human interest stories. They often have catchy titles, flashy color photos, fancy layouts, and vivid personal anecdotes that would not be found in professional journal articles. They may refer to scientific studies or interview "experts," but the content is not reviewed by scholars, nor is the specific research format (introduction, methods, results, and discussion) evident in the writing style.
While popular articles may be written by scholars, including
people who are writing about their own experiments, the articles themselves aren't primary literature when they
appear in popular magazines, books, or newspapers. They are usually a watered-down version of the content of the
original scholarly articles, without specific information on the methodology or results of the experiments. They
are written for a less knowledgeable audience.
click on image to read a popular article.
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Popular general magazine
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Popular magazine about psychology
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Popular book written by a psychologist by Donald Norman |
Popular website on psychology
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