Dear White Mackay,
No. Authorship and plagiarism are values - not connected to a certain
era or medium. Authorship could exist also on non-printed material.
Authorship could be defined as: "The act, fact, or occupation of
writing"(SOURCE: Dictionary definition of authorship, The American
Heritage? Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
<http://www.answers.com/authorship&r=67>), something that has to do
with creativeness.
Technology enables, sadly, more cases of plagiarism ("Literary theft.
Plagiarism occurs when a writer duplicates another writer's language
or ideas and then calls the work his or her own", Dictionary
definition of plagiarism, ibid,
<http://www.answers.com/plagiarism&r=67>). However, it doesn't dimish
the value of authorship. In fact, at the same time, technology enables
more of us to publish and create - though blogs, personal homepages
and discussion groups/forums.
In fact, plagiarism and authorship have both become much more
important material since the popular introduction of the Internet.
Further Reading:
Miguel Roig, Ph.D., "Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other
questionable writing practices: A guide to ethical writing",
<http://facpub.stjohns.edu/~roigm/plagiarism/Index.html>
I hope this answers your question. Please contact me if you need any
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Clarification of Answer by
politicalguru-ga
on
06 Oct 2005 03:21 PDT
Here are several other resources. Please note, that $5 questions
should be usually answered with a link or two, and that your original
question has already been answered:
Plagiarism Thread
<http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/3.1/reviews/marsh/plagintro.html>
(a debate with points on academic plagiarism)
The Shakespeare Authorship Page - Dedicated to the Proposition that
Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare
<http://shakespeareauthorship.com/>
Did Shakespeare write his works?
Howard, Rebecca Moore. "Toward a Pedagogy of (Re)Formative
Composition." Introduction to Standing in the Shadow of Giants:
Plagiarists, Authors, Collaborators. Stamford, Conn.: Ablex Publishing
Corporation, 1999. - "Building on recent work in the theory of
authorship, Howard argues that "patchwriting" is a legitimate step in
mastering the language and ideas of a field, and instructors should
treat it as part of the learning process rather than a transgression.
She approaches plagiarism as a construction that serves the interests
of those in power."
(See more resources at: Michael Rawson, "Plagiarism: Curricular
Materials for History Instructors, AHA Website,
<http://www.historians.org/governance/pd/Curriculum/plagiarism_reading.htm>).
Steven Dutch, "The Plagiarism Witch Hunt Hall of Shame",
<http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/PSEUDOSC/PlagShame.HTM> - against what he
calls "plagiarism witch hunt" and a more levelled approached towards
plagiarism. Several very original arguments that you might want to use
(or prepare yourself against).
Henry, "Copyright and attribution",
<http://crookedtimber.org/2004/12/15/copyright-and-attribution>
Richard Posner, "On Plagiarism: In the Wake of Recent Scandals Some
Distinctions Are in Order," Atlantic Online
<http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/04/posner.htm> (July 30,
2003).
Joel Bloch, Review: Howard, Rebecca Moore. (1999). Standing in the
shadow of giants: Plagiarists, authors, collaborators. Stamford,
Conn.: Ablex Pub. <http://wac.colostate.edu/aw/reviews/howard_2001.htm>
Authorship and Plagiarism Online
<http://wrt-howard.syr.edu/stepaside/archives/authorship_ip_plagiarism/>
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