Summary of" Generation Plagiarism"

            In the article “Generation Plagiarism”, which was written by Sarah Wilensky for the Indiana Daily Student in 2010; the author argues that the increase in plagiarism among the newer generation of students is related to the growing increase of technology. The author claims that the growing access to other authors work via the internet is tempting more students to steal other peoples work without giving the original authors credit, but also at the same time it makes it much easier to detect plagiarism. To further back her argument, Wilensky used an example in the first paragraph about a young student that was nominated for an award but was also accused of plagiarism. Wilensky further mentions the students defense for the act was that the students’ generation uses old and new media to create something new; hence why the author calls this recent generation of student the “copy and paste” generation.

            In my view, I praise the author for pointing out how plagiarism is growing rampant in today’s society. On a daily basis from normal students to big wig politician steal other peoples work and speeches on a daily basis; then refuse credit them or find a poor excuse to warrant their behavior. With the internet so vast now compare to 20 years ago, it’s like no one can think for themselves anymore without a search engine. So in conclusion, I am in full agreement with the author; stealing is stealing no matter the excuse. When referencing someone else’s work, it’s always important to give credit where it is due.