Technical communication. Technical communication is a means to convey scientific, engineering, or other technical information. Individuals in a variety of contexts and with varied professional credentials engage in technical communication. Some individuals are designated as technical communicators or technical writers.
This guide is designed to teach the differences between popular and scholarly articles. Popular Articles (Magazines) 1  Are often written by journalists or professional writers for a general audience.  Use language easily understood by general readers.
The above criteria work nicely for evaluating scholarly periodical articles. However, when choosing newspaper or popular magazine articles, you often will not find an author listed, and seldom will find any references to sources of information. When evaluating articles that are not scholarly, you need to be more critical of the content of the article.