REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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Primary
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Secondary
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -If the article is a feature about a new innovation in technology or a current trend, then it is a secondary source. Likewise, if it is an interview, because the interview will have been edited. Articles written and included in daily newspapers, before the internet, were the latest and most up to date reports of events.
Detailed explanation-2: -Newspapers as Primary and Secondary Sources If an article provides a description of a past event along with fresh analysis, it is still considered a secondary source.
Detailed explanation-3: -Secondary source materials can be articles in newspapers or popular magazines, book or movie reviews, or articles found in scholarly journals that discuss or evaluate someone else’s original research.