SPCM 200- Chapter 6

Created by Paige Farley

Academic Source
Research that is produced by professional scholar and published in peer-reviewed academic outlet

1/15

TermDefinition
Academic SourceResearch that is produced by professional scholar and published in peer-reviewed academic outlet
Nonacademic SourcesIdeas, reporting, and opinions from writers, critics, leaders, and community members that express their viewpoint or experience
Unrestricted Online ResearchOnline research through a generic search tool that gives the researcher access to free content on the internet
Restricted Online ResearchOnline research conducted through libraries and databases that are not accessible to the general public
Political BiasGeneral Slant in reporting that favors either the political left or right in implicit ways
InfotainmentOnline and TV personalities that use the news to produce content to entertain, enrage, or work up audiences for profit (Not journalists)
Citing SourcesCrediting original ideas and expression of a speaker or author to that person
Plagiarism Act of representing the work of another person or institutions as your own
Global PlagiarismTaking of another person's complete work and attempting to pass it off as your own
Incremental PlagiarismReproducing a small section of another person's work without appropriate quoting or citing the material
Patchwork PlagiarismTaking of statement or ideas from many different sources and combining them into your own without properly citing them
Self-PlagiarismUnauthorized reuse of one's own work in multiple places or publication outlets
Quote Indicators Written and spoken cues to the audience that you are moving back and forth between your own argument and statements and that of another persons
ParaphrasingRestatement of another person or institutions ideas in speakers own words.
Parenthetical ReferencesReference information placed inside parenthesis at the end of a quote, idea, or quote