I. Different definitions
Newspapers are printed publications, which mainly publish news and current affairs comments and are distributed to the public on a regular basis. They are important carriers of mass communication and have the function of reflecting and guiding public opinion. A periodical is a periodical published in a specific period. Also called a magazine. It has a fixed name and the layout of each period is basically the same. The publication of periodicals by publishing houses must be approved by the General Administration of Press and Publication and incorporated into the domestic unified serial publication number.
Second, the content is different.
Newspapers usually publish news, news, comments and commercial advertisements on different topics, including political events, crime, sports, opinions, weather and so on. Of course, newspapers can also publish cartoons or other entertainment information. The content of a periodical is generally around a certain theme, a certain subject or a certain research object, and is edited by many articles of many authors, and published by volume, issue or year-month serial number.
Third, the publication time is different.
Newspapers are usually of the day, mainly news. Periodicals are generally published once a week, once every two months or once a month, and articles account for a large proportion.
What are the similarities between periodicals and newspapers?
1, timeliness
Timeliness is the most important feature that distinguishes newspapers from books and periodicals. It is also called news and timeliness. In a sense, fast is the value of newspapers. The political, economic and social situation at home and abroad on that day can be reflected in the newspapers on the same day or the next day, and some news time difference is only a few hours.
Periodicals publish articles faster, and their publishing cycle is much faster than books, magazines, books and other reading materials. Moreover, journal articles are numerous, novel in content, widely distributed and influential, which can timely reflect the new achievements, new levels and new trends of science and technology at home and abroad.
2, rich in content
Rich content is the second characteristic of newspapers, which can capture the rapid changes of social and economic activities in time and quickly announce them to the public according to their priorities, and become a "barometer" and indicator of social and economic operation.
Most of the documents published in journals are original papers, and the information provided includes research methods, instruments and equipment, discussion of achievements, references and so on. In addition, the magazine also publishes literature review, dynamic introduction, conference news, book review and new book preview, product advertisement, etc. And the content is also very rich. Moreover, journals often publish other types of documents, such as conference papers, scientific reports, dissertations and so on. Important patents are often reported in journals.
3. Strong continuity
Newspapers can track reports with strong continuity. People can know from newspapers what will happen (forecast), what is happening (report), the feedback information until the end (summary) and what it means (analysis, comment). This kind of mastery of dynamic information is beyond the reach of books. Newspapers can not only publish news, but also explain complex market phenomena by analyzing articles, which can inspire and broaden people's thinking from the aspects of historical origin, causality, contradiction evolution, influence and development trend, and reduce people's uncertainty in the process of receiving information.
Periodicals are also published continuously, which is not only conducive to the transmission of information, but also records the development process of a certain subject or a certain research object in a historical and systematic way. Periodicals have a catalogue in each issue, and various indexes are compiled at the end of the volume or at the end of the year. Some journals also publish multi-volume or multi-year cumulative indexes to facilitate literature information retrieval.