Stacy Lienemann
Film Librarian
phone: 612-627-1934 | email: slzellman@stkate.edu
Available Monday-Friday for
appointments!
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• 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.
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CHOICE B:
Abstract: Reviews the
motion picture `Pulp
Fiction,' directed by
Quentin Tarantino
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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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
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