scholarly journals Turnitin.com: Teachers’ Perspectives of Anti-Plagiarism Software in Raising Issues of Educational Integrity

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 106-114
Author(s):  
W. Sutherland-Smith ◽  
◽  
R. Carr ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Integrity ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Effective Measure ◽  
User Perceptions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
A Site ◽  
Teachers Perspectives ◽  
Academic Plagiarism

Issues of academic plagiarism in educational institutions are often played out in the public arena. Media reports that ‘scandals’ occur in universities where plagiarism has gone undetected, or unpunished can undermine public faith in the academic integrity of higher education. Antiplagiarism software has been successfully marketed to universities as a means through which to detect and deter plagiarism. One commercially available product, Turnitin, has been embraced and implemented in many educational settings around the globe. Although Turnitin has been heralded as an effective measure to combat plagiarism, little empirical research has been undertaken to examine user perceptions of its effectiveness. This paper details a site-specific case study which explores the perspectives of seven teachers across five faculties at South-Coast University¹ about the effectiveness and usability of Turnitin. The findings indicate that Turnitin assists in detecting passages where text matches other sources. However, the software does not indicate whether plagiarism has occurred or not. That remains the decision of the teacher. Additionally, such software should not be considered a panacea for plagiarism. Students still require explicit teaching of the concept of textual attribution, often with subject-specific examples to understand acknowledgement conventions within academia.

scholarly journals The benefits and dangers for churches and ministry institutions to work in a regulated environment, with reference to professionalising religious practice via South African Qualifications Authority and the National Qualifications Framework Act

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham A. Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
National Qualifications Framework ◽  
Fit For Purpose

Since 1994 and the coming of democracy to South Africa there has been a concerted attempt to develop a coherent, unified educational system that will redress the inequities of the apartheid systems. Significant to this ongoing process is the field of higher education, where relevant legislation has been enacted in order to bring coherence and consistency to the education system in the public and private sectors. Significant issues have arisen with regard to the provision made by private religious educational institutions, especially those who have experienced difficulties in being accredited by statutory bodies. This paper seeks to explore these issues and suggest ways forward that are appropriate within an emerging unitary system of education that is fit for purpose in Africa and particularly South Africa, taking as a case study the formation of the Association of Christian Religious Practitioners.

scholarly journals PUBLIKASI PEMBERITAAN DALAM PEMBENTUKAN CITRA LEMBAGA

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Mukaromah Mukaromah ◽  
Amida Yusriana
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Youth Voice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Csr Reporting ◽  
Central Java ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Alternative Reading

<p>Mass media is one of the media publications to the public in the formation of the Image. Important positive images are formed to foster public trust. News in the newspaper media is still interesting to be appointed in an effort to build a positive image of educational institutions. In addition to targeting the masses of young people, higher education institutions also target parents who are still familiar with conventional media such as newspapers. The case study in this study was Dian Nuswantoro University (Udinus) and news in the Suara Merdeka newspaper. Suara Merdeka is interesting to be appointed because the local  central Java newspaper has amounts of printing and is still an alternative reading in the Central Java region where this segmentation is in line with Udinus segmentation which is domiciled in Semarang, Central Java.<br />This study aims to analyze the theme of news that often arises about the institution, the frequency of occurrence of coverage in certain periodizations. Furthermore, this can be observed how the reporting of a media that has the power to shape the image of the institution. The method used is quantitative content analysis, which describes how the contents of the media using thematic and physical recording units are analyzed using the concept of public relations about media and the formation of the image of the institution.<br /> <br />The result can be seen that there are 9 sections in Suara Merdeka which present Udinus related news, namely Semarang Metro rubric, Edukasia, Screen, Page 1, Business Economy, Around Young Tugu, Salatiga News, Youth Voice Expressions. Screen Rubric occupies the highest position in the news, which is 70.3%. For the<br />theme that is often reported, there are four types of reporting, namely news related to the world of academics (products), related to environmental responsibility (CSR), reporting related the environment and reporting related<br />to the activities of communicating the activities of the institution.</p><p> </p>

scholarly journals Artificial Landscape: in search of publicness through urban spectacle in Hong Kong

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Leung ◽  
Andy Buchanan
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Constitutive Relationship ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Dynamic Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
A Site

Screen technologies increasingly permeate the experience of public space in Hong Kong. Large media walls have occupied the façades of many buildings, rendering a cityscape with dynamic information visible as a new urban skin. This article is a case study on Artificial Landscape, a site-specific media art project located on Asia Pacific’s largest LED outdoor screen. The case sets an example of how a public screen can serve as a mediating agent. It provides an opportunity for artists to provoke absent ideas in the public space and explore subversive potential, including critical reflection on issues surrounding surveillance, consumerism and rapid urban growth. The case also exemplifies how a public screen can mediate the public to experience an alternative context through artistic intervention, where negotiations of perceptions and subjectivities are made possible. This article provides insights into a public screen’s mode of spectatorship, quality of public space and curatorial strategies in an urban context. This is achieved by illustrating how various artworks extend the notion of publicness and remediate the mutually constitutive relationship among the built environment, media technologies, artists, public and everyday encounters.

scholarly journals Investment treaties and national governance in India: Rearrangements, empowerment, and discipline

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Josef Ostřanský ◽  
Facundo Pérez Aznar
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
International Investment ◽  
The Public ◽  
International Investment Agreements ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Investment Agreements

Abstract This article presents selected findings on India relating to the effects of international investment agreements (IIAs) on national governance. Our research used ethnography-inspired methods to explore the often-voiced hypothesis that IIAs induce good governance reforms in their state parties. Our findings demonstrate that the good governance hypothesis is too sweeping and lacks subtlety, but they also bring forward new conceptualizations of the impact of the international investment regime on national governance. Our research shows that governance actors use IIAs selectively in order to advance various agendas and interests. The Indian case study shows that rather than acting like a monolith when reacting to the experience of IIAs, the state is instead a site of struggle between different actors with different motivations, agendas, and interests. In such context, IIAs produce various formal–institutional as well as ideological–discursive effects that have not been captured by the existing literature. First, IIAs lead to the simultaneous practices of internalization through external adjustment and internalization through accommodation. At the same time, these modes of internalization lead to rearrangements by internalization within the public administration. Second, governance actors resort to various narratives about IIAs, which we present in this article. Importantly, the deployments of various narratives about IIAs are context-dependent and are used by governance actors tactically as convenient tools in internal political struggles within the public administration. These findings have important consequences for the design and reform of international investment regulation, should such regulation have ambition, as it does, to promote good governance.

Unmasking Islamophobia: Anti-Muslim Hostility and/as White Supremacy

2020 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 354-386
Author(s):  
Megan Goodwin
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Square ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
A Site

Abstract This article considers the twenty-first century enforcement of Georgia’s Anti-Masking Act as a site of confluence for American white supremacy and American anti-Muslim hostility. Extending Judith Weisenfeld’s theory of religio-raciality, I argue that contemporary American white supremacy might best be understood as a religio-racial force, evidenced in part through anastrophic law enforcement. As seen in the application of Georgia’s Anti-Masking Act, laws initially instituted to deter religio-racial terror in the public square now also work to publicly discipline non-white, non-Christian bodies as well as any who would overtly challenge the supremacy of American whiteness. This case study demonstrates the importance of understanding anti-Muslim hostility as informed but not exhausted by racism.

scholarly journals Christian-Muslim Coexistence in Peshawar City

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Khaista Rahman ◽  
Muhammad Akram
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Large Measure ◽  
The Public ◽  
Societal Level ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Neighborhood Interaction ◽  
Muslim Communities ◽  
Negative Impression

Several scholarly works and media reports claim that the Christian minority in Pakistan is mistreated, persecuted, and discriminated against, giving an overall impression as if Christians are alienated from the main social stream everywhere in Pakistan and that the public at large is responsible for their miseries. Noticing that most of the above-mentioned works are theoretical or based on journalistic information, an attempt has been made through this empirical case study of Peshawar city to know the situation of Christian-Muslim coexistence on the ground. For this purpose, a mix method approach was used combining quantitative survey, qualitative interviews, and group discussions. Contrary to the prevailing negative impression, this study reveals that to a large measure Christian and Muslim communities are living together peacefully, at least in Peshawar city. Quantitatively, 68% of respondents, both Christians and Muslims, viewed their mutual social and neighborhood interaction as positive. The results of qualitative interviews also supported these findings. It is, therefore, concluded that apart from some Christian concerns which need to be addressed, overall Christian-Muslim coexistence at the societal level might not be marred by religious differences everywhere in Pakistan. Negative generalizations in this regard need to be revisited, to say the least.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN SUMBER DAYA MANUSIA BERBASIS TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT DI SMK MUHAMMADIYAH PRAMBANAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-35
Author(s):  
Erlina Yuliyati
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
The Public ◽  
Continuous Quality

This paper presents the development of human resources based on total quality management conducted at SMK Muhammadiyah Prambanan. Total quality management is an approach offered, so that educational institutions can survive and be able to win the competition between existing institutions. This research uses a qualitative approach with case study. The technique of collecting data is done through; observation, interview and documentation. Research data are presented in narrative descriptive form. The results showed that; SMK Muhammadiyah Prambanan implements several stages in human resource management, namely; planning, recruitment, and development of human resources that are carried out in a planned, systematic and oriented towards continuous quality improvement. Through the implementation of total quality management, "SMK Muhammadiyah Prambanan" managed to become a superior school and gain the trust of the public.

scholarly journals The Internet Public Library (IPL): An Exploratory Case Study on User Perceptions

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Maceli ◽  
Susan Wiedenbeck ◽  
Eileen Abels
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Resource Quality ◽  
User Perceptions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
Internet Resources

The Internet Public Library (IPL), now known as ipl2, was created in 1995 with the mission of serving the public by providing librarian-recommended Internet resources and reference help. We present an exploratory case study on public perceptions of an “Internet public library,” based on qualitative analysis of interviews with ten college student participants: some current users and others unfamiliar with the IPL. The exploratory interviews revealed some confusion around the IPL’s name and the types of resources and services that would be offered. Participants made many positive comments about the IPL’s resource quality, credibility, and personal help.

scholarly journals Shifting the Norm: The Case of Academic Plagiarism Detection

2020 ◽  
pp. 483-500
Author(s):  
Mikhail Kopotev ◽  
Andrey Rostovtsev ◽  
Mikhail Sokolov
Keyword(s):  
Academic Integrity ◽  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Plagiarism Detection ◽  
Computational Tools ◽  
Academic Activity ◽  
Academic Genre ◽  
Academic Plagiarism

AbstractThis chapter describes how academic plagiarism poses a challenge for digital humanities, when sophisticated tools make it possible to discover inappropriate academic activity. Focusing on dissertations defended in Russia in recent years, the authors discuss academic plagiarism and examine the changing norms of academic integrity. Section 27.1 introduces the questions under consideration. The next describes various types of plagiarism and computational tools used to detect them. Section 27.3 reviews available digitized resources. The activities of the Dissernet network are described in Sect. 27.4, which presents an overall picture of findings based on large-scale (more than 50%) plagiarism in dissertations. The case study described in Sect. 27.5 concerns small-scale plagiarism within the same academic genre, raising the question of academic authenticity’s shifting norms.

scholarly journals “Celebrate your bloom story”

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-20
Author(s):  
Alora Paulsen Mulvey
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Life Writing ◽  
The Self ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
The Public ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
A Site

Using 27-year-old Canadian beauty blogger Estée Lalonde as a site of automedia analysis (Maguire 2015), this paper argues that through the enactment of domestic femininity in the public sphere, social media influencers embody postfeminist ideals of individual empowerment while selling their branded selves through networked intimacy (Abidin 2015; Gill, 2016). Methodologically, I approach the case study with an understanding of the intersection between online platforms of the intersection between online platforms, life writing, and constructions of the self. Using cross-promotion, scheduled posts, and self-branding, influencers create a cohesive branded self, emphasizing perceived authenticity and a sense of community among followers. The exercise of self-branding is used to gain cultural and material capital (Hearn, 2008). Understanding postfeminism as an analytical lens through which we can problematize media texts (Gill, 2016), I argue that influencer marketing privileges a one-dimensional, postfeminist representation of an empowered young woman following her life’s passion (Duffy & Hund, 2015).

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