The Internet is bad and evil
The positive effects of the Internet have long been documented. Social, cultural, communitative, political - this list is ever expanding. However every now and then an issue comes up which stains the Internet's beneficial image.
The article I am refering to discusses how a student ordered a professionally written assignment online, submitted it, and was caught plagarising (I wonder what Turnitin would say - in fact it would be amusing to see its response).
So, the war over the Internet commences.
Quoting the article:
"The internet has given students access to reams of information, made it cheaper to keep in touch with faraway friends and family and even allowed students to attend universities remotely. But it has also given a new lease on life to an old plague of academia - the term-paper mill."
Some examples are Custom Research Papers, ThePaperExperts.com and Term Paper Relief.
Trends in the article suggest the ease and accessibility of material is why so many students just cut and paste off the Internet. This is interesting, if not a paradox - yes the Internet allows access to a plethora of information, but it has also given rise to a new form of plagarism. Technology, and the popularity of the Internet continues to rise, but consequently so does the appeal of using this medium as a cheating tool.
Examples like the above once again provide ammunition for those anti-Internet people out there. As a society, it is healthy to embrace technology. Will the next generation grow up on using the Internet as their main portal of gathering information? Not every institution will use Turnitin. As raised in the tutorial today, they make money too.
So my question remains: is the Internet's rise as a medium of communication detrimental to society? Or is this example just an exception in an otherwise free-flowing information pool that is the Internet?
The article I am refering to discusses how a student ordered a professionally written assignment online, submitted it, and was caught plagarising (I wonder what Turnitin would say - in fact it would be amusing to see its response).
So, the war over the Internet commences.
Quoting the article:
"The internet has given students access to reams of information, made it cheaper to keep in touch with faraway friends and family and even allowed students to attend universities remotely. But it has also given a new lease on life to an old plague of academia - the term-paper mill."
Some examples are Custom Research Papers, ThePaperExperts.com and Term Paper Relief.
Trends in the article suggest the ease and accessibility of material is why so many students just cut and paste off the Internet. This is interesting, if not a paradox - yes the Internet allows access to a plethora of information, but it has also given rise to a new form of plagarism. Technology, and the popularity of the Internet continues to rise, but consequently so does the appeal of using this medium as a cheating tool.
Examples like the above once again provide ammunition for those anti-Internet people out there. As a society, it is healthy to embrace technology. Will the next generation grow up on using the Internet as their main portal of gathering information? Not every institution will use Turnitin. As raised in the tutorial today, they make money too.
So my question remains: is the Internet's rise as a medium of communication detrimental to society? Or is this example just an exception in an otherwise free-flowing information pool that is the Internet?
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