Originality, Imitation, and Plagiarism : : Teaching Writing in the Digital Age.

• Author: Vicinus, Martha.
• TeilnehmendeR: Eisner, Caroline.
• Place / Publishing House: Ann Arbor : : University of Michigan Press,, 2008.; Ã2008.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (261 pages)

A timely intervention in national debates about what constitutes original or plagiarized writing.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Originality -- Choosing Metaphors -- On Ethical Issues in Publishing in the Life Sciences -- Reviewing the Author-Function in the Age of Wikipedia -- Internet and Open-Access Publishing in Physics Research -- Do Thesis Statements Short-Circuit Originality in Students' Writing? -- Cloud Gate -- Imitation -- Genres as Forms of In(ter)vention -- When Copying Is Not Copying -- The Dynamic Nature of Common Knowledge -- Instinctual Ballast -- The Anthology as a Literary Creation -- Economies of Plagiarism -- "Fair Use," Copyright Law, and the Composition Teacher -- Plagiarism -- History and the Disciplining of Plagiarism -- Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement -- Plagiarism, a Turnitin Trial, and an Experience of Cultural Disorientation -- Academic Plagiarism and the Limits of Theft -- Insider Writing -- Plagiarism across Cultures -- Framing Plagiarism -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.