What is Plagiarism?

What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or
ideas as your own, with or without their consent,
by incorporating it into your work without full
acknowledgement. Plagiarism can take many
forms, all published and unpublished material,
whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form,
is covered under this definition. Plagiarism may be
intentional or reckless, or unintentional. Under the
regulations for examinations, intentional or
reckless plagiarism is a disciplinary offence.

Source: https://student.unsw.edu.au/what-plagiarism

https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/academic/guidance/skills/plagiarism?wssl=1
The Common Types of Plagiarism

Degree of obfuscation/ Difficulty of

 Copy & Paste of Direct Plagiarism
 Disguised or Mosaic Plagiarism
 Paraphrase or Summary Plagiarism

detection
 Translation
 Self Plagiarism
 Idea Plagiarism

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 Types of plagiarism

10 types of plagiarism
ordered from most to last
severe defined by Tutnitin

Source:
https://www.turnitin.com/infographics/th
e-plagiarism-spectrum
All of the following are considered plagiarism:
 turning in someone else's work as your own
 copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
 failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
 giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
 changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source
without giving credit
 copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up
the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not (see
our section on "fair use" rules)
What about images, videos, and music?

 Using an image, video or piece of music in a work you have produced

without receiving proper permission or providing appropriate citation, 

 Copying media (especially images) from other websites to paste them

into your own papers or websites,

 Making a video using footage from others’ videos or using copyrighted

music as part of the soundtrack,

 Performing another person’s copyrighted music (i.e., playing a cover),

 Composing a piece of music that borrows heavily from another

composition, are plagiarism.
Source: https://www.plagiarism.org/article/what-is-plagiarism
  Intentional
and Unintentional
Plagiarism
Deliberate or Intentional plagiarism
 copying entire documents and presenting them as your own;
 cutting and pasting from the work of others without properly citing the
authors;
 stringing together the quotes and ideas of others without connecting their
work to your own original work;
 asserting ideas without acknowledging their sources, reproducing sentences
written verbatim by others without properly quoting and attributing the work
to them;
 making only minor changes to the words or phrasing of another’s work,
without properly citing the authors.
Accidental or Unintentional plagiarism
 The accidental appropriation of the ideas and
materials of others due to a lack of understanding
of the conventions of citation and documentation.

Source: https://libraries.wsu.edu/library-
instruction/plagiarism/what
Intentional or unintentional, it is never
alright to plagiarize!
What are the consequences of plagiarism?
 Plagiarism can get you expelled from your course, college and/or
university.
 Plagiarism can result in your work being destroyed.
 Plagiarism can result in expulsion from you academic institution, in
some cases permanent expulsion.
 Plagiarism can result in legal action; fines and penalties etc.

Source: https://www.scanmyessay.com/plagiarism/consequences-of-plagiarism.php
 The consequences of plagiarism

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/hungary/9044654/Hungary-president-accused-of-plagiarising-
doctoral-thesis.html
The consequences of plagiarism

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Plagiarism Detectors
Plagiarism: Goblin Threat Plagiarism Game

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