Compare and Contrast

Symanski, R. (1974). Prostitution in nevada. Annals of the Association of American Geographer, 64(3), 357-377. 

Bazelon, E. (2008, March 10). Why is prostitution illegal?. Slate, Retrieved from http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2008/03/why_is_prostitution_illegal.single.html 

I'll be honest, I was a bit shocked at how informative the magazine article was.  I figured it would be more of an opinion type thing (not that that's wrong) with little "real" information.  What I got was quite contrary to my expectations.  I was pretty pleased.  While my actual scholarly article was older, it still had a good deal of relative and enlightening information.  The format was different, but I liked that.  The magazine article was easier to read because the language was that of more "informal" speech, rather than the speech of academia.  The article started out with an abstract that was helpful to me, it allowed be to get a brief idea of what the article entailed while the magazine started with something eye catching and interesting.  

The journal article was well spread out, going logically from point to point, as if they followed their outline to the T.  The magazine article was also well organized, flowing with logical points and pace.  As for opinion and bias, I think that both articles have biases and opinions, but perhaps the scholarly journal author, Symanski, does a better job of hiding that.  Lets be honest, who doesn't have biases on any given subject?

I think I could use both of the articles as useful information in my project.  They both referenced the legal prostitution in Nevada and some of the economics it entails.  I also like the two sided aspects of both articles as well, giving the reader (myself) a better idea of what both sides were saying about the issue.