Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Plagiary

There's a new journal, Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification , which is "devoted specifically to the study of plagiarism and related fabrications/falsifications within the professional literature (i.e. scholarly journals and books) and popular discourse domains (i.e. journalism, politics, audio-visual texts)."

A couple of interesting pieces from their recent issues:

David Callahan, "On Campus: Author Discusses the "Cheating Culture" With College Students"

Caroline Lyon, Ruth Barrett and James Malcolm, "Plagiarism Is Easy, but Also Easy To Detect"

A nice mix of more practical discussions of plagiarism as a issue and its wider place in society over time.

Hat tip: The Volokh Conspiracy.