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WHITE PAPER Plagiarism and the Web: Myths and Realities An Analytical Study on Where Students Find Unoriginal Content on the Internet Prevent Plagiarism. Engage Students. www.turnitin.com Table of Contents 1.0 Summary ...................................................................................................................... 3 2.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 4 3.0 Popular Content Resources on the Web ...................................................................... 5 4.0 The Most Popular Student Sources ............................................................................. 6 5.0 The Top Eight Most Popular†¦show more content†¦Contrary to general perceptions, the vast majority of students who have matched content in their work do not rely on cheat sites or paper mills. Instead, many more are using legitimate homework, academic and educational sites as research sources. The study also shows that student research and writing practices are following similar trends of the Internet as a whole. Increasingly, students rely on social networks and user-generated cont ent sites such as content sharing and question-and-answer sites to find materials that they include in their papers. The report outlines some broad trends based on the findings of the study and offers instructors, administrators and parents steps to take to help students use and document sources from the Web. WHITE PAPER | Plagiarism and the Web 4 3.0 Popular Content Resources on the Web Turnitin classified the top 100 most popular web sites that matched existing content in the Turnitin databases over a period of ten months (June 2010 to March 2011). The categories are as follows: Social Networking and Content Sharing This category encompasses sites that rely on user-generated content rather than professionally published content. The sites include social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, content sharing sites such as Scribd and SlideShare and Question Answer sites such as Yahoo Answers and Answers.com. Homework and Academic TheShow MoreRelatedMastering Graduate Studies 1e32499 Words   |  130 Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Citing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plagiarism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .