Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues in Media and Information Literacy II

Question 1

Re-use requires the permission from the copyright owner.

Answer 1

copyright all rights reserved

Question 2

Re-use is permitted without permission under the specifications shared in the license.

Answer 2

creative commons some rights reserved

Question 3

May be used without permission

Answer 3

public domain no rights reserved

Question 4

Legal principle stating that one can use a copyrighted work without a license for the following purposes: commentary, criticism, reporting, research, and teaching.

Answer 4

fair use

Question 5

An act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization; the representation of the author’s work as one’s own, as by not crediting the original author

Answer 5

plagiarism

Question 6

What are the types of plagiarism in sources not cited?

Answer 6

ghost writer, photocopy, potluck paper, poor disguise, labor of laziness, self-stealer

Question 7

The writer turns in another’s work, word-for-word, as his or her own.

Answer 7

ghost writer

Question 8

The writer copies significant portions of text straight from a single source, without alteration.

Answer 8

photocopy

Question 9

The writer tries to disguise plagiarism by copying from several different sources, tweaking the sentences to make them fit together while retaining most of the original phrasing.

Answer 9

potluck paper

Question 10

Although the writer has retained the essential content of the source, he or she has altered the paper’s appearance slightly by changing key words and phrases.

Answer 10

poor disguise

Question 11

The writer takes the time to paraphrase most of the paper from other sources and make it all fit together, instead of spending the same effort on original work.

Answer 11

labor of laziness

Question 12

The writer “borrows” generously from his or her previous work, violating policies concerning the expectation of originality adopted by most academic institutions.

Answer 12

self-stealer

Question 13

What are the types of plagiarism in sources cited

Answer 13

forgotten footnote, misinformer, too-perfect paraphrase, resourceful citer, perfect crime

Question 14

The writer mentions an author’s name for a source, but neglects to include specific information on the location of the material referenced. This often masks other forms of plagiarism by obscuring source locations.

Answer 14

forgotten footnote

Question 15

The writer provides inaccurate information aboutthe sources, making it impossible to find them.

Answer 15

misinformer