Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age. -Trip Gabriel
Gabriel talks about plageriasim, something students do not really think about and what teachers always look for! What really caught my eye is when Gabriel states what Sarah Brookover says about plagiarism. Brookover works at the campus library where she goes to school and he quotes her saying, "Because you're not walking into a library, you're not physically holding the article, which takes you closer to 'this doesn't belong to me.'" This is very true alot of people that surf the internet do not give credit to those where credit is due, they over look that alot and think it belongs to them since it is on their computer. Gabriel also links plagiarism to ilegally downloading music or watching television shows for free. I see where he makes the link, because those songs and television show are someone elses work and by illegally downloading them they recieve no credit. Copying and pasting can be alot easier then trying to be creative and having and producing your own thoughts.
"Ha ha," he said. "Ha ha" -Chuck Klosterman
In this excerpt Klosterman talks about laugh tracks. Laugh tracks are not something everyone thinks about while watching your favorite tv shows. By Klosterman pointing it out, it becomes all you can think about while watching your tv shows. Do laugh tracks make the sitcom/show more funny? Probably not. Having laugh tracks bring insecurity. Also I feel like it takes the fun away from your own imagination. Most of the time people are watching these shows and do not understand why the "audience" is laughing. Shouldn't it be up to the viewer to decide what is funny and what isn't?
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