Plagiarism is an act of academic dishonesty and results in negative consequences. Today, technology is advanced to the point that it easily enables plagiarism to occur. A website that I viewed discussed the issue of technology and "cyber-plagiarism," which involves an individual copying and pasting an online document into their own word processor for a research paper. A statistical study of 23 college campuses in 2003 revealed that 38% of undergrads had plagiarized with aid of the Internet within the past year. In 2001, the University of Virginia charged 158 students with plagiarism. Software programs, such as Turnitin.com, have been created to detect any susceptible signs of plagiarism. I actually had to submit all of my essays through this website when I was in English during high school. It's very effective in catching students who would copy and paste their work. Overall, with technology rapidly growing, it is becoming easier and more common for students to simply plagiarize work that should be personally created.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/17/tech/main2580771.shtml
http://orange.eserver.org/issues/5-1/kennedy.html
i have used Turnitin.com in my english class
ReplyDelete38 percent plagiarized is a lot of higher of a percent than I thought it would be.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting about the University of Virginia, I never seem to hear about real case where colleges crack down with harsh consequences on their students!
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