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Culture of Plagiarism in Journalism: Origin and Factors maintaining the trouble
What Is Plagiarism?
The wrongful appropriation, close imitation, or purloining and publication, of another author's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions, and the representation of them as one's own original work
(Wikipedia)
plagiarism is claiming someone else's work as one’s own without adequate attribution or credit to the original author. (Tony Rogers, 2010)
In journalism, plagiarism can take several forms: InformationWriting Ideas
Two Dimensions of Plagiarism
Types of Plagiarism
Verbatim or Cutting & Pasting Plagiarism copying word by word
Rewording or Paraphrased Plagiarism copying of idea or concept and rewriting in
one’s own style Self Plagiarism reusing or manipulating one’s own ideas to
claim the credit for more than once
Who indulge in Plagiarism?
Philosophical roots of Plagiarism?
“Cogito ergo sum”, =
“I think, therefore I am.”
Rene Descartes
Anything put forward contradictory to this spirit is Plagiarism Rene Descartes
Information Acquiring Behavior
Willamson (1998) Ecological model modified by Williamson & Mc Gregor (2006)
Information Acquiring Behavior (contd.)
Culture of PlagiarismMcGrew suggests that we view culture as a process.
He lists six steps in the process:A new pattern of behavior is invented, or an existing
one is modified. The innovator transmits this pattern to another. The form of the pattern is consistent within and
across performers, perhaps even in terms of recognizable
stylistic features. The one who acquires the pattern retains the ability
to perform it long after having acquired it. The pattern spreads across social units in a
population. The pattern endures across generations.
Culture of Plagiarism (contd.)
Factors which are maintaining the trouble?Personal factors
Short-term benefits out of plagiaristic adventures
To win admirations/advancement, Avoid embarrassment,
punishment, or other “harms”Fear of failure & criticismPersonal pride of the journalistIt’s easier to copyAdvantage of saving time &
moneyNot understanding the ethical
issues
Personal factors (contd.)Ignorance abouta) Copy right and copy left,b) patents, c) authentic style of crediting, d) laws against plagiarism,e) plagiarism detecting
mechanisms, andf) concerns about plagiarism
in journalism.
Intellectual factorsInability to feel pleasure of
originality & creativity.Easy access to open sources in
the form of web pages.Acceptance and
encouragement to plagiarism in academic circles, specially in teaching learning process.
Absence of organized supervision mechanism of maintaining intellectual integrity.
Professional factorsCorporate culture and High
stakes for the organization. Common industry practices.Not thinking through the
consequences.Lack of sensitivity towards
others hard work.Notion of first and fast as
winning combination in media industry.
What is the way-out?Developing non plagiaristic values at
personal and social levels resulting in Plagiarism free culture. Remembering it won’t be easy
Ideal conditions
“Neither journalism nor public life will move forward until we actually rethink, re describe, and reinterpret what journalism is; not the science of information of our culture but its poetry and conversation.”—James Carey, Kettering Review, 1992
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Tony Roger (2010) Avoiding plagiarism in journalism. Retrieved on Aug.1,2010.
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Blame it on the French, or How did we get here? :
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