G. Application Based Questions:
Rajat has his English assignment due tomorrow, and he has not written anything yet. He quickly searched on
the internet and found an interesting essay. He is thinking of printing it out and submitting it for his
assignment. Which type of plagiarism is he committing?
Answers
The type of plagiarism is Direct plagiarism.
As per Oxford Dictionary, Plagiarism is: “The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own”. In simple words, plagiarism is a type of fraud. It is a criminal act. The person uses someone else's thoughts, which have been protected under copyright. There are four types of plagiarism -
Direct plagiarism - It involves exactly copying details of others work.
Self plagiarism - It occurs when people present there own work many times.
Mosaic plagiarism - This happens when people uses other's work without adding quotation or in absence of author's knowledge.
Accidental plagiarism - This happens when people don't cite the resources, or unknowingly their thoughts matches with other's already written thoughts.
The type of plagiarism Rajat committing is Complete plagiarism
Explanation:
- 'Complete plagiarism' is the most 'severe form of plagiarism' where a researcher takes a manuscript or study that someone else created, and 'submits it under his or her name'.
- Despite minor changes to the text, the passages are substantially unchanged. It is tantamount to intellectual theft and stealing.
- In such instances, plagiarism cannot be "avoided" by paraphrasing the source or by allowing its use in footnotes. The job is the 'property of another author' and it should not be used.
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