Summer 2010 had many blogs and opinion pieces on plagiarism, primarily at
the university level or about the creation of new knowledge. Some bloggers
focused on the use of another’s words without the customary quotation marks;
others, on the failure to cite words, ideas, or facts. To see the versions of
these opinion pieces and the responses, see these URLs:
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For plagiarism as a “big deal,” see “What's the big deal about
plagiarism?
at http://open.salon.com/blog/rosporkad/2010/08/05/whats_the_big_deal_about_plagiarism_1
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For more
on this, see “Plagiarism Is Not a Big Moral Deal” by Stanley Fish
at http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/09/plagiarism-is-not-a-big-moral-deal/
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For
whether it is something else, see “Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in
Digital Age”
at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/education/02cheat.html?_r=3&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1282496508-DaJajALwAhEX/zA9ZN9y1Q
Consider these implications with copying of another’s words without listing clearly the source:
1.
Frequency has consequences: it increases credibility of having
many people agree. Cloning text on the Internet is easy and it creates the
illusion that many people agree.
2.
Verifiable and usable information is essential to be able to make
good (or even good enough) decisions in such areas as business, voting, and
personal finances.
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What happens
when we no longer can trace the source of information to determine whether we
want to trust it? ·
What happens—as news reports show it has
happened—when individuals can anonymously enter into a public database information that is in their private interests or the private interests of the company they
work for? ·
What happens when the risk is removed from
making statements? If you put your name on it and you have a reputation where
you earn money from your work, you will be careful with what you say is true. |
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