Generation Plagiarism Summary

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Generation Plagiarism was written by Sarah Wilensky and it discusses the Hegermann case. The cases examines a young author accused of plagiarism. The aspiring author has a muddy view on the basic concepts of plagiarism. The article includes this stunning statement, “a different generation, one that freely mixes and matches from the whirring flood of information a crossed new and old media, to create something new” (615). Taking someone else’s work is the hallmark of plagiarism. Though Hegerman had taken various parts of other authors work she believed it was acceptable because she mixed and matched their work with hers. This is a common misconception among students.
Perhaps some of the confusion among this plagiarizing generation is due to