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Discussion Class Activity: Thinking about sources and plagiarism


 * 1) Blog posts and press releases are considered poor sources of reliable information. Why?

= Blog posts and press releases are poor sources because they might be based on opinions and/or are biased, that's way it is better to use textbooks, peer review articles, or publications by experts on the field of our research.

2. What are some reasons you might not want to use a company's website as the main source of information about that company?

= Using a company site as a main source of information is not good because it can be bias to certain topics.

3. What is the difference between a copyright violation and plagiarism?

= Copyright violation is when we used sources that do not belong to us such as books, illustrations, and photographs. Unless they are on the public domain.

Plagiarism is using information that is not ours and that is not cited.

4. What are some good techniques to avoid close paraphrasing and plagiarism?

= To avoid close paraphrasing and plagiarism one of the most used technique is to find information from a variety of sources, making sure that we understand the information founded on the source. We need to write our findings using our own words as if we were explaining to a friend or family member our topic.