Academic Integrity & Citation Management

Journalism Reading Room Fall 2012 Can anyone name this person?

Photo credit: Who I am | Liz Flock. (n.d.). Retrieved November 9, 2012, from http://lizflock.com/about/ Can anyone name this person?

Photo credit: John Nowak/CNN. Haughney, C. (2012, August 19). A Scandal Threatens Zakaria’s Image as a Media Star. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/business/media/scandal- threatens-fareed-zakarias-image-as-media-star.html Can anyone name this person?

Photo credit: Rex Features via AP Images Carr, D. (2012, August 19). Journalists on the Edge of Truth. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/business/media/journalists-plagiarism-jonah-lehrer- fareed-zakaria.html Elizabeth Flock Blogger for the Washington Post. Took a significant amount of content from Discovery magazine without crediting. Resigned.

Fareed Zakaria Writer for CNN/Time/the Washington Post. Took sections of an article in The New Yorker without credit. Suspended, then reinstated after investigation.

Jonah Lehrer Writer for The New Yorker. Plagiarized himself in multiple publications and fabricated quotations. Resigned. Academic Misconduct at UW Definitions The Dean of Students’ office defines academic misconduct as “an act in which a student: § Seeks to claim credit for the work of others without authorization or citation; § Uses unauthorized materials or fabricated data in any academic exercise; § Forges or falsifies academic documents or records; § Intentionally impedes or damages the academic work of others; § Engages in conduct aimed at making false representation of a student’s academic performance; or § Assists other students in any of these acts.”

Division of Student Life. (2012). Student Academic Misconduct Policy & Procedures. Retrieved November 9, 2012, from http://students.wisc.edu/doso/docs/UWS14.pdf

So what?

Group A – Faculty Group B – Dean of Students § An oral reprimand § Lower or failing grade on § Written reprimand work (presented only to student) § Lower grade on course § Repeat work (graded on its § Failing grade on course merits) § Removal from course § Written reprimand

Group C – Determined by DOS Office § University disciplinary probation § Suspension or expulsion Plagiarism CITING, PARAPHRASING, AND QUOTING What is it? Fraud § Copying & pasting § Buying a paper § Using a friend’s paper Patchwriting § “Paraphrasing the source’s language too closely” Failure to cite, failure to quote § Omitting citations § Citation mistakes

Hacker, D. (2006). The Bedford handbook (7th ed.). Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s.

McBride, K. (2012, September 18). “Patchwriting” is more common than plagiarism, just as dishonest | Poynter. Retrieved from http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/everyday-ethics/188789/patchwriting-is- more-common-than-plagiarism-just-as-dishonest/

What to cite?

You need to cite: You don’t need to cite: § Another author’s specific § Your own ideas, thoughts, words experiences, or reflections § Another author’s ideas, § Your own photos, drawings, even if you don’t use their or media files words § Information considered § Any photos, images, media common knowledge (i.e. files you did not create dates) § Information that isn’t § Generally accepted facts considered common knowledge Paraphrasing

§ Paraphrasing is taking material from an outside source and putting it in your own words.

§ Why would you paraphrase instead of quote? § To keep from overusing quotes in a paper § To help understand the passage Unsuccessful: Word for Word Plagiarism “If there is one difference between One difference between journalists journalists and academics that is and academics that everyone almost universally recognized, it is recognizes is that they tend to that they tend to express express themselves in different themselves in different ways. ways. Journalists are very direct in Journalists are notoriously direct in their writing. They prefer everyday their writing. They prefer everyday words and simple sentences. words and simple sentences. On Academics are known, on the the other hand, academics are other hand, for their complex known, sometimes unfairly, for their writing. unnecessarily complex writing” (Camp, 2012, p. 252). Unsuccessful: Patchwriting Paraphrase “If there is one difference between Camp (2012) says that the journalists and academics that is difference between journalistic almost universally recognized, it is writing is that they tend to express that they tend to express themselves differently. While themselves in different ways. academics’ writing can be Journalists are notoriously direct in unnecessarily complex, their writing. They prefer everyday journalists are notoriously direct words and simple sentences. On and use common words and simple the other hand, academics are sentences. known, sometimes unfairly, for their unnecessarily complex writing” (Camp, 2012, p. 252). Successful: Legitimate Paraphrase “If there is one difference between In his essay on the evolving role of journalists and academics that is journalism education, Camp (2012) almost universally recognized, it is explores the difference between that they tend to express traditional academic and journalistic themselves in different ways. writing. While academics “are Journalists are notoriously direct in known, sometimes unfairly, for their their writing. They prefer everyday unnecessarily complex writing” (p. words and simple sentences. On 252), journalistic writing tends the other hand, academics are towards common language and known, sometimes unfairly, for their simple, direct structure. In the unnecessarily complex university setting, these disparate writing” (Camp, 2012, p. 252). styles reflect a difference in orientation, audience, and purpose. How to do it right

1. Read it, hide it 2. Take notes (tiny ones, no full sentences) 3. Change the structure, change the words

The Writing Center @ The University of Wisconsin - Madison and the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents. (2009-2012). Avoiding Plagiarism: Quoting and Paraphrasing. Retrieved November 9, 2012, from http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase.html “Quotations” § In academic writing, use sparingly § From The Writing Center: § “To show that an authority supports your point § To present a position or argument to critique or comment on § To include especially moving or historically significant language § To present a particularly well stated passage whose meaning would be lost or changed if paraphrased or summarized”

Structure Style

§ Signal the quote is coming § Different citation styles (APA, using the author’s name and MLA, AP) require different the date of the work handling § Make a statement about how the quote relates to § Purdue OWL: your topic http://goo.gl/p9M7C § The Writing Center: http://go.wisc.edu/z75e1s

Citation Managers

§ Keep your sources in order § Format your in-text citations and bibliography § Save time www.zotero.org