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digital age and widespread use of the internet is making plagiarism easier than
ever before. It’s physically easier because we can go on a website or blog or
whatever it may be, copy the text, and paste it right into a Word document like
it’s our own work. It’s also getting harder to determine what’s considered plagiarism
and what isn’t because there’s so much information on the web that it’s difficult
to decide what you should cite and what you don’t have to. A lot of stuff seems
like common knowledge when really you should still give credit to the author.
It feels
like I plagiarize sometimes, not purposely but because sometimes it’s hard to
paraphrase without using the same words as the author. If it’s really the only
word that makes sense then it’s hard to not “steal” the author’s words or
phrases. I’ve also heard of many people, like one of the examples in the article,
accidently plagiarizing from Wikipedia because they aren’t aware it’s plagiarizing,
since it’s hard to discern what’s common knowledge.
i understand where you are coming from! blogs and websites host much information nowadays and many times it can be challenging to know what is credible and what is not. I could make up a source and information and post it on a website claiming it was scholarly and it could all be false. The age of information and digital media has changed intellectual property values and the system in which we credit authors and originators of work.
ReplyDeletei believe that at some point all of us have plagarized in some form or fashion. What is a major issue is when people copy direct information or take credit for things like videos and electronic sources and do not pay for the sources or do not credit the original authors.
Great stuff
I love the point you make about just copying and pasting things into a Word Document! I often catch myself doing this because it is just simple to do. I have realized that just like you, I may have been guilty of plagiarism without really realizing it. Learning more specifically about plagiarism will help me to catch myself in the future!
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