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Week 6: Discussion: Thinking about Sources and Plagiarism

1. Blog posts and press releases are considered poor resources of reliable information. Why? Blog posts and press releases are considered poor sources of reliable information because it could be skewed in order to portray what the user wants the audience to sway. Most press releases are extremely biased in order to persuade the audience in the favor of the side that the press is on. Blog posts are also biased as it exemplifies freedom of speech of an individual’s rights to speak their opinion and display it on the internet. Both blog posts and press releases do not have credible sources. For example, during the Presidential Debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, each news channel seemed to be heavily biased, but there were few credible factual checks for both candidates. The internet exploded with biased opinions on personal blogs, but the most reliable source for voters who are interested in voting, is to find credible government sites that list the history of each candidate and what they have accomplished in the past, to compare it to what they are promising in the future.

2. What are some reasons you might not want to use a company’s website as the main source of information about that company? The information on a personal website can be conveyed to boast about the website, making it seem credible and reliable, but it may not be as what it appears. For example, there are plenty of clothing websites on the internet that appear to be high quality and the price of the item may be dirt cheap, but once the product is purchased and arrives at the consumers place, the item is a knock-off and of extremely cheap quality.

3. What is the differences between a copyright violation and plagiarism? Plagiarism is claiming attribution for a work that an individual did not author, or a person using someone else’s work without the proper attribution. Copyright violation, or copyright infringement, is using someone’s work that is protected by the copyright law without obtaining their permission.

4. What are some good techniques to avoid close paraphrasing and plagiarism? Paraphrasing is often the most used technique to avoid plagiarism, where an individual reads the text and puts it into their own words. The user should not use more than two words in a row from the text that is found, and if the user does use more than two words together, then they will have to use quotation marks. Citing is often the most effective way to avoid plagiarism, this usually entails the addition of authors and dates of publications over similar information. Referencing is another effective method to avoid plagiarism by including reference pages or pages of works cited at the end of the paper. This information includes author(s), date of publication, title, and sources.