Plagarism

Plagiarisms, we often hear that word in the literature and journalism world and the word actually familiar to writers. But for those who don’t have knowledge of what it actually mean, this post was meant for you; what does the word ‘plaigarism’, actually mean?

In the dictionary, ‘plagiarism’ is described as “an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author”. This, in my case, is exactly correct as to dealing with meanings.

Now my other question is, why do people do plagiarism? It’s pretty easy to think about it if you see it in a perspective. If you really don’t want to think, well, here’s an example; imagine yourself having a thesis paper due in just 4 days. Of course you would feel stressed and panicked because you can’t just write a whole thesis paper by yourself within the span of four days, so you’re left with limited options, either you copy and paste, let someone else do your work, or not do them at all. The effects of being a lazy person can also be an example to the topic at hand, if you get too lazy, you get discouraged in writing and studying. So, you reach that brink wherein you just want things over with so you copy someone else’s work. This method is still the same with having someone else doing your work, since another person made the piece, you need to credit them- not you-THEM. The true authors are the ones who receive the recognition, not the people who get paid in cash just because they did.

Plagiarism is already one of the major problems in this world; people copy articles, interviews, and even lines from books without having to put proper credits. Sadly people don’t even care about sources and credts anymore.