Internet Plagiarism
I. Introduction
Many students when given assignments or resources go to the Internet , copy and paste . Most of them don¡¦t know that¡¦s called plagiarizing and that it¡¦s ethically wrong.
In the following report I will discuss the problem of Internet Plagiarism, the problems affect on teachers and students as well as solutions to detect this problem.
II. Definition of Internet Plagiarism
What Internet Plagiarism is
Internet Plagiarism hasn¡¦t been easy as it is today . Before the Internet age , resources were limited so when students used to plagiarize the risk of detection was very high and they used to be caught easily and either asked to rewrite the research paper or they get no mark for it.
Internet Plagiarism is defined as copying articles and reports of other people¡¦s work and handing it out in another person¡¦s name.
If someone is caught of plagiarism , this will cause him to be haunted with shame for the rest of his life. For example , in the 1980s a US presidential candidate was discovered to have plagiarized one of his school papers. He was forced to drop out of the campaign after suffering from shame, but no one sued him [1].
Figure 1 shows a Pie chart of How students plagiarize
Who it affects.
Internet Plagiarism mainly affects two people in any educational institute .
Firstly , it affects teachers . Teachers spend lots of time correcting research papers . So when more than one research paper are with the same content , it will be obvious that both students haven¡¦t written it on their own and that it¡¦s plagiarized .
Most teachers keep warning students about plagiarism and even some universities have a special course in researching methods but all in vain. Usually when teachers are put in situations where students have plagiarized, they don¡¦t have any proof that the student has plagiarized and can¡¦t do anything about it.
Secondly, it affects students . Students start to become careless and rely completely
Many students when given assignments or resources go to the Internet , copy and paste . Most of them don¡¦t know that¡¦s called plagiarizing and that it¡¦s ethically wrong.
In the following report I will discuss the problem of Internet Plagiarism, the problems affect on teachers and students as well as solutions to detect this problem.
II. Definition of Internet Plagiarism
What Internet Plagiarism is
Internet Plagiarism hasn¡¦t been easy as it is today . Before the Internet age , resources were limited so when students used to plagiarize the risk of detection was very high and they used to be caught easily and either asked to rewrite the research paper or they get no mark for it.
Internet Plagiarism is defined as copying articles and reports of other people¡¦s work and handing it out in another person¡¦s name.
If someone is caught of plagiarism , this will cause him to be haunted with shame for the rest of his life. For example , in the 1980s a US presidential candidate was discovered to have plagiarized one of his school papers. He was forced to drop out of the campaign after suffering from shame, but no one sued him [1].
Figure 1 shows a Pie chart of How students plagiarize
Who it affects.
Internet Plagiarism mainly affects two people in any educational institute .
Firstly , it affects teachers . Teachers spend lots of time correcting research papers . So when more than one research paper are with the same content , it will be obvious that both students haven¡¦t written it on their own and that it¡¦s plagiarized .
Most teachers keep warning students about plagiarism and even some universities have a special course in researching methods but all in vain. Usually when teachers are put in situations where students have plagiarized, they don¡¦t have any proof that the student has plagiarized and can¡¦t do anything about it.
Secondly, it affects students . Students start to become careless and rely completely