Jayson Blair And Cooks Source Analysis

Almost every student has been there: staring at his/her computer trying to get an assignment done when they have twenty other obligations swinging over his/her head. Students are trying to find the fastest and easiest way to get the assignment completed. Many students will plagiarize intentionally or unintentionally at some point of their educational career. Plagiarism is the act of taking someone else’s work or ideas then calling that work their own. There is no acknowledgement being given to the original author. In Trip Gabriel’s “Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age,” the internet has created new challenges for students being able to give credit to ideas and information. Often, Students do not understand that information on

It was perplexing time for The New York Times; a chapter, in their long-run, of fabrications that are now consider fabulists and egregious plagiarism. Hard News by Seth Mnookin, recounts the time a narcissistic and pedantic executive editor, named Howell Raines took took charged of the steering-wheel of one of the most reliable and prominent newspapers in the nation. It is described how Raines and other high-profiled and important figures for the paper, such as managing editor Gerald M. Boyd, dealt with the Jayson Blair’s scandal. The Jayson Blair scandal is about the terrible repercussions when plagiarism and fabulism is committed by a reporter. It not only tarnishes the reporter’s reputation but the newspaper’s transparency as a whole. I

Trust in media has been a very concerning topic for the modern area. It is quiet common for media to be construed and twisted to manipulate the viewer’s opinion. It doesn’t take much to change the headline of an article to convey completely different meanings or standpoints. One issue in particular, which seems to be one of the most common, is plagiarism. Plagiarism can be very tempting to certain individuals considering how readily available and seemingly limitless virtual text that can be accessed. One case I want to discuss is the one of Benny Johnson, a fairly well known politics editor who started making unethical decisions in 2015 while working for BuzzFeed. According to Poynter, Johnson was accused of 41 examples of plagiarism. We

Academic honesty, expected of every student, is essential to the process of education and to upholding high ethical standards. Cheating, including plagiarism, inappropriate use of technology, or any other kind of unethical or dishonest behavior, may subject the student to severe academic penalties, including dismissal.All work submitted for evaluation in a course, including tests, term papers, and computer programs, must represent only the work of the student unless indicated otherwise. This includes homework, essays, theses, and creative projects.Material taken from the work of others must be acknowledged. Materials submitted to fulfill requirements in one course may not be submitted in another course without prior approval of the instructor.

Journalism and technology go together especially in our modern-day society. Ethics is a guideline that journalists uphold their obligation to the public and their profession to report the truth. Unfortunately, in this digital age, we have the resource that can verify one’s original work but also to plagiarize. Journalists should be honest, fair and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information. Journalists should also test the accuracy of information from all sources and exercise care to avoid inadvertent error (“Society of Professional Journalists: Code of Ethics”, 1996). In this paper I will discuss what role did digital technology play in the Jayson Blair scandal, how can it be regulated, and what guidelines can be put in place to prevent future incidents.

The turn of the 21st century brought about many issues concerning copyright and academic ownership, as rapidly growing technology and its capacity to spread information leave authors without the ability to create something “original.” Corynne McSherry covered one such battle of intellectual property. The power struggle involved a stellar professor, Heidi Weissmann, and her just-as-stellar mentor, Leonard Freeman. A series of events led to a disagreement as to the difference between a derivative work and plain old plagiarism. On the basis of the U.S. copyright law alone, it would have seemed that Weissman held the upper hand. However, neither of the two should be considered “right,” as the issue of –intellectual- property and who it belongs to should only apply to commercial situations, not academic ones where the only gain is the student’s intellect.

I have gained more technology skills and I have also learned the correct format for an MLA paper. I was able to use these skills by typing up a Fake News essay in which I was to explain to my audience on how what is seen on the media or the internet can’t always be real. Fake news is used for companies to make money out of people visiting their sites or see their products. While some people create fake news to spread lies and rumors about other people such as celebrities. With the fake news essay is also stated the consequences of how fake news is used and can affect more than one person. Such as people will continue to spread the false news forever, people will get the false information and use it as evidence for when doing research, or can mislead ideas about a group or person. With this essay I was able to learn that I shouldn’t trust on what I read online or see on the media because it may not be

Jayson Blair, former New York Times reporter was found guilty of committing acts of fraud and plagiarism for more the 600 articles he wrote in 2003 after 5 years. In his journey into journalism he went from raw intern to reporter. His colleagues and other public officials made the first allegations that his articles were fabricated. The investigation found he was lying about being at the scene of major events in history (Times reported,” 2003). It shocked a lot of people because he was a lead reporter for one of the biggest news articles in US (10 Years After Jayson Blair). The investigation went further and New York Times reviewed all his articles in depth. It was stated that Jayson Blair was not in the locations he describes in his articles. However, he made it seem that way. They found out he used his laptop and cellphone to

The article I chose was high-tech cheating: with the proliferation of mobile devices and instant access to the internet. Most students that plagiaris dont understand the concept of it, so they dont think theyre doing anything wrong. According to the article "More students than ever are using information technology in ways that break the rules of academic integrity.

Credibility has become an expanding issue in our modern life; many people fake different stories about random stuff in order to get financial benefits not caring about the harms of these lies on the community in general. People, especially students, have the passion to look up information about our world from political issues, economics, disasters and many more things. Students are also required to do many researches during their educational journey. We look up information using internet and searching engines; for this reason, we should be careful about what we are reading, and if what had been written is credible or not.

Technology in the classroom is important to assist in the learning process; however this is creating new challenges for teachers. Teachers are now required to educate students on the importance of technology ethics. Computer ethics is the moral guidelines that govern the use of computers and networks (Shelly, G, Gunter, G, and Gunter, R 2012). Ethics in the classroom also requires teachers to explain what plagiarism is and the proper way for students to give credit for information attained from another source. Teachers must also have a plan in place to address internet security, as well as devise a student use agreement and discuss ethical practices while using technology in the classroom.

The main focus for this unit of study is the importance of properly citing research material and warding off the temptation of plagiarism. With so much information on the internet, and so much pressure required of the students to excel, the ability to cut and paste a portion or a whole paper is too great. If the students are taught the rewards and benefits of doing research honestly, they will be less likely to succumb to temptation. Educators and librarians need to collaborate to instill these ethical and moral lessons to produce honest and original work from our students.

Academic learning in today’s changing world brings demands to future professionals. Whether in a traditional classroom, or through distance learning, one thing is similar and which cannot bring forth a successful educational future. One thing that can damage anyone’s academic future is plagiarism. Whether being the future of a straight “A” student, or a student who is just getting by. The fact remains that anyone can fall victim to plagiarism. Plagiarism is the use of other writer’s words without acknowledging the source and taking those words and passing them off as one’s own ideas (Jones, 2001). Some people may think plagiarism is just copying someone else’s work but in reality plagiarism is much serious and hold very serious

Online users have to respect the legal agenda and act within the internets bounds using ethical, courteous, safe productivity. The problem now with students writing papers is to determine if the information is credibility. The Internet offers an excess amount of information, and this kind of knowledge is coming from countless sources; reliable and unreliable (Radhika. 2012).

Since digital citizenship principals teach students principles that discourage borrowing online material without proper attribution and dictates that digital devices are not to be used for bullying and online harassment, teaching digital citizenship in schools is an important to both discouraging cyber bullying and plagiarizing. Plagiarizing, simply defined is taking the work of others and passing in