Technology has made the process of plagiarism so much easier. Can you imagine before google or even before the internet? How could you find a paper that is on the same topic? You would either have to go to a public library and search for one or hope a friend has taken the same class before you. Now that there is the internet and pretty much everyone has one all you have to do is google your topic and instantly thousand of hits are a click away. Once you find the one you like all you have to do is copy and paste or try and put it in your own words. From 1993 to 1997 University of Berkley California estimated a 744% increase in cheating. I can only imagine what the percent is now. I know that my catholic school I went to in high school used turnitin.com as well as my English 103 class. Also in my English 103 class since the number of students were small our teacher was able to see and recognize how we write and our tendencies.
http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring2000/Overbeck/stats.html
http://orange.eserver.org/issues/5-1/kennedy.html
It's crazy that the amount of cheating has increased so much!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you statement because you can easily look up information on the internet and it has made plagiarism so much easier.
ReplyDeleteIt is funny that you said something about Google because I definitely cannot imagine life without it! It would make research and finding out information so much more difficult.
ReplyDeletecouldn't agree more, technology has dramatically increased plagiarism
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