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I am Nehalba Gohil, student of Department of English,MKBU.This blog is a part of my classroom thinking activity
Questions and Answers
1 ) what is Plagiarism and what are it's Consequences ?
Definition of Plagiarism
Derived from the Latin word plagiarius ("kidnapper"), to plagiarize means "to commit literary theft" and "to present as new and original idea or product derived from an exciting source.(Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary) Plagiarism is of two kinds, using another person's ideas, information or expressions without acknowledging that person's work constitutes intellectual theft and passing off another person's ideas, information, or expressions as your own to gain some advantages constitutes fraud. Plagiarism is sometimes a moral and ethical offense rather than a legal one.
What is Plagiarism ?
Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense.Plagiarism is the representation of another author's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work. In educational contexts, there are differing definitions of plagiarism depending on the institution. Plagiarism is considered a violation of academic integrity and a breach of journalistic ethics.
Four types of plagiarism:
- Direct Plagiarism
- Mosaic Plagiarism
- Self-Plagiarism
- Accidental Plagiarism
What is Consequences ?
With plagiarism detection software so readily available and in use like Urkund, plagiarism can be easily caught, results of that can be personal, professional, ethical, and legal. Once anyone is accused of plagiarism, a person will most likely always be regarded with suspicion and provoke skepticism. The charge of plagiarism is a serious one for all writers, journalists, research scholars, faculties and students. Plagiarists are often considered as incapable of developing and expressing their own original thoughts, ideas or opinions and willing to deceive others. Professional writers like journalists when accused of Plagiarism they can lose their jobs and suffer public embarrassment and loss of prestige.
2 ) Short Note
1) Forms of Plagiarism
Any text, phrase, sentence, in formation etc. without proper documentation, is considered as plagiarism. The most obvious form of plagiarism is to present and submit your own paper written by someone else.
Writing a research paper a researcher has to be aware of different forms of plagiarism in order to avoid the plagiarism. There are many types of plagiarism, some of the most common identified by MLA are, repeating or paraphrasing wording, taking a particularly apt phrase, paraphrasing an argument or presenting a line of thinking,
CTL Yale categories plagiarism in three, major forms as, they are
1. Using a source’s language without quoting
2. Using information from a source without attribution
3. Paraphrasing a source in a form that stays too close to the original.
2 ) when Documentation is not needed
Documentation is required for any work that you quote from or paraphrase. Whether that reference is to a specific place in the source (a page, a chapter) or to the source as a whole, youwould need to cite it. However, documentation is not required for every type of borrowed materia
1. Common Knowledge
Common knowledge includes information widely available in reference works such as • Biographical facts about prominent persons • Dates and circumstances of major historical events
2. Passing Mentions
No documentation is required when you mention a work or author in passing Ex. My favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird. Ex. The Fray’s best album is Scars and Stories.
3. Allusions
When you are making an allusion (making an indirect or partial reference to a well-known passage), you usually do not need to cite a source
3 ) Issues related to Plagiarism
Plagiarism is considered academic dishonesty or academic fraud, and offenders are subjected to academic censure, up to and including expulsion.(Wikipedia)
Issues related to plagiarism and academic integrity includes reusing research paper, collaborative work, research on human subject and copyright.
Reusing a Research
When it comes to earn grades, some researchers present a paper twice in two different courses, this practice is deceitful. As a result of this practice a researcher lose an opportunity to improve knowledge and skills.
Collaborative work
Collaborative work is a group project/work joint participation in research and writing is common, and in fact encouraged in many course and in many profession. It does not constitute plagiarism provided that credit is given for all contributors. But many times it is not clearly mentioned that which part is written by whom. Thus everyone gets equal points.
Research on Human subject
Many academic institutions have policies governing research on human subjects. Examples of research involving human subject includes clinical trials of drug or personal interviews for psychological study. Institutions usually require that researchers obtain the informed consent of human subjects for such projects. Although research for a paper in high school or college are rely involves human subjects.
Copyright infringement
Whereas summaries, paraphrases, and brief quotations in research papers are normally permissible with appropriate acknowledgement, reproducing and disturbing an entire copyrighted work or significant portion of it without obtaining the permission to do so from the copyright holder is an infringement of copyright law and a legal offense, even if the violator acknowledges the sources.(MLA)
