The Rise of the Plagiosphere by Edward Tenner
This was quite an interesting article that gave me more of an insight on what exactly our multimedia research is looking for. Both of these articles as well as many of the dingo posts have helped me to understand better what to be looking for in different areas of study.
I found it to be creative in the sense it went back to what "big technology" was in the 1960's. How a simple picture had such an impact on people and was viewed as the greatest technology, it is crazy how every aspect of everyday life has technology involved in some way or another. I think that these new spider movement tools are a chance to save our dying art of language. If operated correctly, it is definite that rates of plagiarism will drop dramatically. This is sort of that "big brother is watching" mindset - people tend to do the right thing when under the impression they are under surveillance.
The ecstasy of influence: A plagiarism
By Jonathan Lethem
This article was also interesting but on a different level than the previous article. I consider myself to be a fan of Bob Dylan but never really put together where all of his lyrics were coming from. I like the term used: appropriation for how his songs are formulated. If anything, I would think this makes his music even more of a cultural influence than it already is with the new knowledge of where everything comes from.
The example using The Simpsons episode was very clever and true indeed. As all three of those hit adult cartoons - Family Guy, South Park, and The Simpsons all mimic a current event that might be going on or spoofing a celebrity. South Park has even had an episode, one of my favorites, that spoofs on Family Guy but I would definitely not consider that to be plagiarism. These cartoons are simply their own view of different subjects.
3 comments:
I agree that spoofing certainly isn't a form of plagiarism. If anything, these spoofs add a cultural element to an otherwise purely-for-entertainment series of cartoons.
I mostly agree with your posts. The part about spiders crawling the web hunting out plagiarism I'm not so sure about. The reason I'm not sure about it is because I don't understand how it's looking for paraphrases. Sometimes we inadvertently paraphrase when we're talking or writing, but we eventually make reference to the original author. Sometimes we will say that so-in-so said, or actually use a proper citation. I wonder if these spiders actually make note of that. Or if they are so advanced they will find similarities in sentence structure and word choice between people who have never even met, much less exchanged ideas. It's puzzling to think about how powerful these text parsers and scanners really are.
I agree that thinks should be allowed to mimic things. It's parody more or less, and parody has been legal for a long time. Imitation is the most sincerest form of flattery, isn't it? People shouldn't be so harsh at times. Especially if they're ones to do the exact same thing about other topics.
I really enjoyed how he incorporated the cartoons into his article. These are some of the funniest shows on TV because of the idea of spoofing. I don't see it has plagarism,but as expanding on something that someone else has done, which is really the purpose of anyhting.
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