Plagiarism and Academic Life
In today’s fast paced world, patience is a virtue which is gradually becoming extinct in humans. Everyone wants their work done with a snap of their fingers, and this has been made possible with the advent of various smart technologies may it be phones, tablet computers or laptops. Cybernation of academic life is every students dream come true. What would be better than to have access to a seemingly unlimited reservoir of resources within a few clicks? It works like magic, where the keyboard or mouse serve as the wand and provide one with the desired results. On the contrary, cybernation of academic resources has given too much control to computers in determining academic success of students of any particular educational institute. This has resulted in a dramatic increase in plagiarism and copyright violations.
Plagiarism is using someone’s work and referring it as one’s own by not providing any reference to the author. Copyright is a legal term that is used to safeguard the creator’s work or product from being used by another person without permission by the creator. Non compliance or use without proper referencing can result in legal action against the user. This essay analyses plagiarism (copyright) issues that have been brought along by the cybernation of the academic life.
In universities students have to conduct different research projects, complete assignments and coursework. For all this the search engines on the internet such as Google, Bing, Yahoo etc provide a plethora of links to information on any topic. No student wants to go through the hassle of finding information by going to a library, search for the right book, read through it and then use the required data. The ease of finding all the information at one place, sitting in the comfort of one’s home is what has led to the cybernation of academic life. However, with its advantages, one of the greatest drawback of the excess use of the information available online has been plagiarism. Students
Plagiarism is using someone’s work and referring it as one’s own by not providing any reference to the author. Copyright is a legal term that is used to safeguard the creator’s work or product from being used by another person without permission by the creator. Non compliance or use without proper referencing can result in legal action against the user. This essay analyses plagiarism (copyright) issues that have been brought along by the cybernation of the academic life.
In universities students have to conduct different research projects, complete assignments and coursework. For all this the search engines on the internet such as Google, Bing, Yahoo etc provide a plethora of links to information on any topic. No student wants to go through the hassle of finding information by going to a library, search for the right book, read through it and then use the required data. The ease of finding all the information at one place, sitting in the comfort of one’s home is what has led to the cybernation of academic life. However, with its advantages, one of the greatest drawback of the excess use of the information available online has been plagiarism. Students
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