Popular magazines are designed to inform without in-depth analysis. The content includes entertainment personality profiles and current popular culture articles.
Magazines are not scholarly sources!
Often slick and attractive in appearance with lots of color graphics (photographs, drawings, etc.)
These publications do not cite sources in a bibliography. Information is often second or third hand
Articles are usually very short and written in simple language
The main purpose of popular periodicals is to entertain the reader
Does not require expertise in the field to understand the information
