On Scholarly and Popular Sources: Making Connections

1. Question 6.6

   In the video, Karen Keaton Jackson offers a valid reason for using Rolling Stone as a source in a paper. What is another legitimate academic use of a popular source?

2. Question 6.7

   What are your instructor’s views on using popular sources in your work? Do you think your instructor’s view is influenced by the discipline he or she teaches? Why or why not?

3. Question 6.8

   Consider a time when you did peer-review work for one of your classes. Why is peer review so effective in making sure that a piece of writing is valid?