Lenses on Composition Studies
Series Editors, Sheryl I. Fontaine and Steve Westbrook
Lenses on Composition Studies offers authors the unique opportunity to write for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students who are new to the discipline of Composition Studies. While the series aims to maintain the rigor and depth of contemporary composition scholarship, it seeks to offer this particular group of students an introduction to key disciplinary issues in accessible prose that does not assume prior advanced knowledge of scholars and theoretical debates. The series provides instructors of advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students texts that are both appropriate and inviting for this fresh but professionally directed audience.
Other Books in the Series
Bibliographic Research in Composition Studies, by Vicki Byard (2009)
Critical Conversations About Plagiarism
Edited by
Michael Donnelly, Rebecca Ingalls, Tracy Ann Morse, Joanna Castner Post, and Anne Meade Stockdell-Giesler
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Critical conversations about plagiarism / edited by Michael Donnelly... [et al.].
p. cm. -- (Lenses on composition studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-60235-348-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-60235-349-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-60235-350-3 (adobe ebook) -- ISBN 978-1-60235-351-0 (epub)
1. Plagiarism. 2. Imitation in literature. 3. Authorship--Study and teaching. I. Donnelly, Michael, 1968-
PN167.C75 2012
808.02’5--dc23
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Printed on acid-free paper.
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Contents
Part I. Definitions of Plagiarism: Distinctions, Laws, and Rules
Part II. Texts, Technologies, and Surveillance
Part III. Authorship and Ownership: Cultural and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
1 Examining Teachers’ and Students’ Attitudes towards Plagiarism
Intentionality and Appropriation
Scenarios Showing Most Agreement
Scenarios Showing Most Disparity
Scenarios Showing Most Variance
Conclusion: The Uses of the Questionnaire
2 Plagiarism vs. Copyright Law: Is All Copying Theft?
Plagiarism vs. Copyright Infringement
Institutional vs. Legal Offenses