Is Plagiarism More Likely in the Internet Age?
Is Plagiarism More Likely in the Internet Age? Wednesday March 3, 2010#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) Is plagiarism becoming more common in the Internet age? The motive and opportunity is certainly there: Journalists have easy access to infinite amounts of information online, and reporters in downsized newsrooms are under pressure to produce more stories than ever before, to say nothing of blogposts, columns and so forth. I asked Roy Peter Clark, a journalism ethics expert at The Poynter Institute, for his take on plagiarism in the Internet age, and how to avoid it. Q: Just recently two reporters for high-profile news outlets – Zachery Kouwe, a business reporter for The New York Times, and
Is Plagiarism More Likely in the Internet Age? Wednesday March 3, 2010#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3) Is plagiarism becoming more common in the Internet age? The motive and opportunity is certainly there: Journalists have easy access to infinite amounts of information online, and reporters in downsized newsrooms are under pressure to produce more stories than ever before, to say nothing of blogposts, columns and so forth. I asked Roy Peter Clark, a journalism ethics expert at The Poynter Institute, for his take on plagiarism in the Internet age, and how to avoid it. Q: Just recently two reporters for high-profile news outlets – Zachery Kouwe, a business reporter for The New York Times, and
#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}if(zs>0){zSB(3,3)}else{gEI(“spacer”).style.display=’none’;gEI(“sidebar”).style.display=’none’} Is plagiarism becoming more common in the Internet age? The motive and opportunity is certainly there: Journalists have easy access to infinite amounts of information online, and reporters in downsized newsrooms are under pressure to produce more stories than ever before, to say nothing of blogposts, columns and so forth. I asked Roy Peter Clark, a journalism ethics expert at The Poynter Institute, for his take on plagiarism in the Internet age, and how to avoid it. Q: Just recently two reporters for high-profile news outlets – Zachery Kouwe, a business reporter for The New York Times, and
