REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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Question
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Primary Source
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Secondary Source
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Depending on the content, newspaper articles can be either primary or secondary sources; articles that contain reporting of current events are considered primary, while articles that provide analysis of events that happened in the past are considered secondary.
Detailed explanation-2: -Newspaper articles can be examples of both primary and secondary sources. Therefore, you’ll need to review information about the author of the article, the date of the article, and how the article will be used in your work before you can determine if it will be considered a primary or secondary source.
Detailed explanation-3: -For a historical research project, secondary sources are generally scholarly books and articles. A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may contain pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources.
Detailed explanation-4: -Is a newspaper article a primary or secondary source? It depends. If the article is a first-hand account of an event directly observed by the journalist writing the article it is a primary source. If however the article is referring to a piece of research that has been published (for example), it is a secondary source.