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Consequences of Plagiarism
Information Sharing
Unintentional Plagiarism
Forms of Plagiarism
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When professional writers, such as journalists, are exposed as plagiarists, what is likely to happen?
Lose their jobs and suffer public embarrassment
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What is information sharing?
Innumerable documents on a host of subjects that are posted on the internet for the purpose of being shared.
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Is most plagiarism intentional or accidental?
Accidental
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The most blatant (obvious) form of plagiarism is to . . .
Obtain and submit as your own a paper written by someone else.
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Students exposed at plagiarists may suffer severe penalties. Name two penalties.
Failing the assignment and being expelled from school.
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As information sharing has become ------ , so has --------.
Easier/Plagiarism
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Paraphrasing another author's works does not require a citation. True or False?

False

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What is academic misconduct?

Plagiarism or cheating of any kind.

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What can be plagiarized?

Any form of writing: articles, journals, books, and data.

Videos and scripts can also be plagiarized.

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DAILY DOUBLE! What are the two most common citation types for students?

APA and MLA

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Why does plagiarism sometimes happen to researchers?

They don't keep precise records or are not sure if what they are writing is paraphrased or a direct quote. 

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Suppose, for example, you want to use material from a well-known book for your research paper. You find a few sentences that would be perfect in your essay, but you have too many direct quotes and don't want to include any more; therefore, you decide to paraphrase the wording. How would you avoid plagiarism in this situation?
Include an in-text citation and document the source in your works cited.
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Plagiarism defeats what purpose for students?

Learn how to do their own writing or express their own ideas.

Or self-improvement.

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When it comes to information sharing, what is it that students are often misinformed about?
When students buy a research paper, they think it is their own, but it is the same as buying a book. It must be cited.
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What are the benefits to having notes while writing a paper?

Only write direct quotations in a notebook. Can keep track of where information comes from. It is easy to find what article you want to quote. 

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DAILY DOUBLE! Other less conspicuous (noticeable) forms of plagiarism include the failure to give appropriate acknowledgement when . . . *Provide 2 out of the 3 examples.
1) Repeating or paraphrasing another's wording 2) Taking a phrase 3) Paraphrasing another's argument or presenting their thinking.
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What are the excuses for plagiarism?

There are none.

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How are publications a "special kind of property"?
You can own them physically, but the publisher or author retains the rights to the content.
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What are two ways plagiarism can be avoided?

Answers may vary:

Take good notes, cite everything from another source, and write on the topic (generate your opinions). 

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What is cut-and-paste plagiarism?
When many parts of the paper are taken from varying sources and pasted into the paper.

Could range from sentences to whole paragraphs.