literary ethics

Introduces readers to the media literacy skills needed to understand plagiarism. Includes a hands-on activity related to media literacy.

Analyzes the subject of plagiarism and how it affected the reputations of artists and authors beginning in the seventeenth century including those such as Samuel Coleridge, Victorian novelist Charles Reade, as well as cases involving publishing, academia, Hollywood, and the Internet.

Presents a discussion on plagiarism for educators that focuses on possible causes that would lead students to plagiarize their work, ways to detect plagiarism, and also how to educate students to understand the seriousness of the crime.