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1. Each of the sources provided are online, yet they differ in how they present information. In 1-2 paragraphs, please describe what you see as the major differences between these information sources. (Need help? Start with the key message, language, and writing style of each one.)
The academic article was written as a way to publish results of a study. It quickly laid out the information it had to provide in a summary and then proceeded to be more detailed about the study, all the methods and statistics that were collected, and what conclusions were made. It mainly focused on how energy drinks can lead to the drinking of more and various sugar- based drinks.
The news article seemed more like a discussion about sugary drinks and how it’s linked …show more content…

How much time do you think went into the creation of each of these sources? Think about the process it took the author to find the information, write, and get the material published? Is there any oversight (for example, an editor) before getting the material published?
I believe all three of these had some type of editing involved but to different extents. Obviously the academic article would have gone through a peer review process in order to be published. The academic article would have taken much longer to complete than the other two.
The magazine article would have taken some time to publish as it is a quarterly magazine (although if this article was only published online this might not be relevant), and it would have had a good amount of editing. There is an editor whose job is to help decide what gets published and what doesn’t but this process most likely lets through more than the same process in the academic world does. The author had many sources and took his time writing covering the issue in a thorough manner.
The news article had to get information from multiple sources and sort through the data of a scientific study. This would have taken sometime and the editing process some more. This could have taken some days or weeks to finish. It had only approximately 500 fewer words than the magazine

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