Thursday, September 22, 2011

Blog 3 - Students Get Caught in Plagiarism Cases

Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age. This article illustrates the current epidemic spanning across the academic professionals and universities on how serious this issues is becoming with students “copying and pasting” without any regard to the true author of the subject matter or attempt to disclose.

Within the discipline of writing it is not easy coming up with new ideas or correctly citing the authors content. The present generation is accustoming to the internet as source of content. Its’ how they use the content and how they perceive its content value.Many times students cut and paste section of articles from various sources taken directly from the internet without even thinking of citing the source of the articles they use.


The August 10th New York Times called,

This is where Plagiarism lines blur andaccountability issues begin when students cut and paste so many articlestogether, collectively it morphs content. This is where the plagiarism issuecomes into play, the usage of whose lines are they? When the cutting and pastingof the content is morphed by the student this issue of citing gets blurred.

However "Within the discipline of writing it is not easy coming up withnew ideas or correctly citing the authors content" even if the end resultis morphed content citing is still the proper discipline used in the English language

1 comment:

  1. I like your title and the summary paragraph. You need to have another paragraph which follows in which you respond personally to the ideas presented. I was hoping for a live link to the article in the first sentence when you mention the name of the article. You have tons of problems with grammar and mechanics.

    The August 10th New York Times called, "Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age" illustrates the current plagiarism epidemic spanning across the academic professionals and universities. The problem is a serious one where students are copying and pasting without citing the author for anything paraphrased or quoted. Within the discipline of writing, it is not easy coming up with new ideas or correctly citing the author's content. The present generation is accustomed to the internet as a source of content. It's how they use the content and how they perceive its content value is where plagiarism comes into play and the lines get blurred. Many times students cut and paste sections of articles from various sources taken directly from the internet without even thinking of citing the source of the articles they use. This is where Plagiarism lines blur and accountability begins.
    You need to insert your graphic.

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