{"id":1169,"date":"2023-09-01T17:13:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T21:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/?page_id=1169"},"modified":"2023-09-08T20:13:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T00:13:20","slug":"doing-research-is-fun-citing-sources-is-not-understanding-the-fuzzy-definition-of-plagiarism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/doing-research-is-fun-citing-sources-is-not-understanding-the-fuzzy-definition-of-plagiarism\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDoing Research Is Fun; Citing Sources Is Not\u201d: Understanding the Fuzzy Definition of Plagiarism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rachel Buck and Silvia Vaccino-Salvadore<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Volume 5<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/13Hall-Buck-Vaccino-Salvadore.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 13Hall-Buck-Vaccino-Salvadore.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b470dc29-73a8-4558-a82f-4fdb9c9323c2\" href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/13Hall-Buck-Vaccino-Salvadore.pdf\">13Hall-Buck-Vaccino-Salvadore<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/parlormultimedia.com\/writingspaces\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/13Hall-Buck-Vaccino-Salvadore.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b470dc29-73a8-4558-a82f-4fdb9c9323c2\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chapter Description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">For many students, the word \u201cplagiarism\u201d invokes a sense of fear: a fear of being caught for doing something wrong and facing sometimes very harsh penalties such as receiving a failing grade on an assignment or being expelled from college.1 You might be familiar with these feelings and associating plagiarism with stealing someone else\u2019s words and ideas and claiming them as your own. But, as we hope you understand by the end of this chapter, plagiarism is much more complex, especially as some of you can probably remember a writing instructor at some point telling you to write a text \u201cin your own words.\u201d So, when does an idea or a word become your own? When does an idea or language that you read need to be cited and when is it \u201ccommon knowledge\u201d? In this chapter, we hope to dispel some of the fear you might have about plagiarism by sharing experiences of our own students, presenting some academic definitions of plagiarism, and then discussing an activity that we completed with Rachel\u2019s students in a first year writing course at a 4-year university in the United Arab Emirates. We\u2019ll end with some ways you can better identify plagiarism in your own writing, especially when writing a research paper so you\u2019ll be able to focus on how to develop ownership of your own language and ideas rather than being concerned about the consequences of plagiarism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alternate Downloads:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also download this chapter from Parlor Press or WAC Clearinghouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Writing Spaces is published in partnership with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parlorpress.com\/\">Parlor Press<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/wac.colostate.edu\/\">WAC Clearinghouse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel Buck and Silvia Vaccino-Salvadore Volume 5 Chapter Description For many students, the word \u201cplagiarism\u201d invokes a sense of fear: a fear of being caught for 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