Stacy Lienemann

Film Librarianphone: 612-627-1934 | email: slzellman@stkate.edu

Available Monday-Friday for appointments!

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Oscar Paper• Determining if a Source is Popular or Scholarly

• Searching for Film Reviews

• Searching for Scholarly Analysis

• Choosing Sources

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Original Reception(reviews in popular media)

vs.

Scholarly Reception(analysis in scholarly journals and books)

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Popular Scholarly

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Database: Academic Search Premiere

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Examine database information on two articles to identify them as popular or scholarly

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CRITERIA

Popular: broader topic

vs. Scholarly: in-depth topic

CHOICE A: “Heroes and Heroin: From True Romance to Pulp Fiction”

CHOICE B: “Quentin Tarantino's wild ride on life's dangerous road.”

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CRITERIA

Popular: shorter

vs. Scholarly: longer

CHOICE A: 23 pages

CHOICE B: page C1

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CRITERIA

Popular: staff writer, journalist

vs. Scholarly: scholar, expert in field

CHOICE A: Caroline Jewers, associate professor of French, University of Kansas, Lawrence

CHOICE B: Janet Maslin

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CRITERIA

Popular: non-technical language

vs. Scholarly: jargon, expert terminology

CHOICE A: Abstract Excerpt: It serves, in Lucien Dällenbach's terms, as a mirror in the text, or mise-en-abyme, as a narcissistic reflection of the whole work.

CHOICE B: Abstract: Reviews the motion picture `Pulp Fiction,' directed by Quentin Tarantino

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CRITERIA

Popular: audience consists of subscribers, general readers

vs. Scholarly: audience consists of professors, researchers, students

CHOICE A: Journal of Popular Culture

CHOICE B: New York Times

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CRITERIA

Popular: edited by staff

vs. Scholarly: peer-reviewed by other experts

CHOICE A: Peer-reviewed journal

CHOICE B: Entertainment editor edits

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CRITERIA

Popular: no bibliography, but sources may be named in article

vs. Scholarly: bibliography

CHOICE A: Bibliography at end of article

CHOICE B: No bibliography

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SCHOLARLY

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POPULAR

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EXCEPTION!!

Book and Film Reviews in Scholarly Journals are not considered scholarly articles!!

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Popular vs. Scholarly

YOUR ASSIGNMENT: In groups of 2-3, find one scholarly article and one popular review of a film in the Academic Search Premiere database. Choose 1 of these 3 films: American Beauty, L.A. Confidential, or Schindler’s List.

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Popular Scholarly

• broader topic

• shorter

• staff writer, journalist

• non-technical language

• audience: subscribers, general readers

• edited by staff

• no bibliography, but sources may be named in article

• in-depth topic

• longer

• scholar, expert in field

• jargon, expert terminology

• audience: professors, researchers, students

• peer-reviewed by other expert

• bibliography