Reviewing and publishing work done by peers
Topic: Web publishing beyond academia
How much do you know about new web publishing technologies that may blur the boundaries of plagiarism in academic publishing and more widely?
This topic is designed to help you improve:
- your understanding of new possibilities for plagiarism arising from internet publishing
- your skill in monitoring and responding to copyright and plagiarism incidents in internet publishing
In this topic, you can read a short report on concerns held by many webmasters and web authors.
What do you think: Are web publishing technologies escalating plagiarism out of control?
Further reading on this topic:
J. B. (2006). Plagiarism today: Exploring the wasteland of plagiarism online. Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/
“Plagiarism Today (PT) is a site targeted at Webmasters and copyright holders regarding the issue of plagiarism online. … To increase awareness, both among copyright holders and the media, regarding the prevalence of plagiarism on the Web.”
Lamb, B. (2004). Wide open spaces: Wikis, ready or not. EDUCAUSE Review, 39(5), 36-48. Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0452.pdf
“With open editing, a page can have multiple contributors, and notions of page "authorship" and "ownership" can be radically altered. Content "cloning" across wikis—sometimes referred to in non-wiki circles as "plagiarism"—is often acceptable.”
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Journal publishing | Web publishing beyond academia