Preventing plagiarism in the Digital Age
GUEST COLUMN | by Jason Chu
Summer 2012 was awash in breaking news of journalistic misconduct, punctuated with the exposure of Jonah Lehrer’s and Fareed Zakaria’s acts of plagiarism (for a full review of the “Summer of Sin,” see Craig Silverman’s post on Poynter.org[1]). Though the “Summer of Sin” came to an end, the Fall brought with it more bad news with cases of cheating at both Stuyvesant High School and renowned Harvard University coming to light.
Interesting read on 10 most common types of plagiarism students make. How can we make students more aware of these mistakes?
