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What's the Big Deal about Plagiarism?
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You need to create a reference (citation) to show where you got your material from, e.g.:
(Beck, 2002)
Beck, James R. "Self and soul: Exploring the boundary between psychotherapy and spiritual formation." Journal of Psychology and Theology 31.1 (2002): 24-36.
What's the Big Deal about Plagiarism?
We live in a mashup world
Keep things honest by citing/referencing the sources of your information. This is a very big deal in the academic world.
So, can you now answer the question? ...
Plagiarism is presenting other people's work as if you created it yourself
When you cite others, you are using them as authorities to allow others to back up what you are saying. If you steal their words or ideas, those words or ideas only have your own authority to back them up.
It's plagiarism when you
- Lift a paragraph or article/website and pass it off as your own work
- Rewrite someone else's work, just changing a few words and leaving the impression it is yours
- Pass off someone else's ideas as your own
Being able to cite from others instead of stealing their work and passing it off as your own actually helps your research project
But plagiarism is a real thing
It would feel good, right?
But it would all be based on a lie.
- Singers use pieces of other people's songs
- The Net offers tons of information for free
- Nobody cares where you got it from.
- It's the information age after all.
Imagine that you borrowed a friend's hot car and drove it all around town, pretending it was yours. You tweeted about your car and impressed everyone.
You fooled everyone into thinking it was yours.