‘Not necessarily a bad thing …’: a study of online plagiarism amongst undergraduate students

By Neil Selwyn. 2008

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Reasons for Plagiarism in Higher Education (2017, unknown): “Selwyn (2008) presents results from the UK, where about 60% of undergraduate students admitted plagiarism connected to the internet in the previous year and the fact that those who work on the internet better are more prone to plagiarism.”
Awareness about plagiarism amongst university students in Pakistan (2012, background): “Selwyn (2008) reported that about 60% undergraduate students in UK higher educational institutions confessed that they had committed Internet based plagiarism in last 1 year and expert Internet users were more likely to engage in plagiarism.”
Will ChatGPT get you caught? Rethinking of Plagiarism Detection (2023, background): “The rampant issue of online plagiarism in assignments and essays is a major challenge facing academia [4; 16].”
Plagiarism in second-language writing (2014, background): “A similar conclusion that the availability of Internet sources per se does not lead to an increase in plagiarism was reached by Selwyn (2008) and Scanlon & Neumann (2002).”
The Fox in the Hen House: A Critical Examination of Plagiarism Among Members of the Academy of Management (2012, background): “A recent study by Selwyn (2008) found that 69.1% of 1,222 undergraduate students had engaged in some form of on-line plagiarism during the past 12 months.”
Weeds in the flower garden: An exploration of plagiarism in graduate students' research proposals and its connection to enculturation, ESL, and contextual factors (2010, background): “Existing literature provides insight into the nature and extent of plagiarism amongst undergraduate students (e.g., Ellery, 2008; Parameswaran & Devi, 2006; Selwyn, 2008).”
Chinese University Students’ Perceptions of Plagiarism (2015, background): “These results were different from those of previous studies that found students of hard disciplines such as science and engineering more likely to plagiarize (Flowerdew & Li, 2007b; Park, 2003; Selwyn, 2008) or more lenient toward plagiarism (Rinnert & Kobayashi, 2005; Shi, 2012).”
How Common Is Commercial Contract Cheating in Higher Education and Is It Increasing? A Systematic Review (2018, background): “…Smith et al., 2013) • Gender (men more likely to cheat) (Genereux and McLeod, 1995; Newstead et al., 1996; Nonis and Swift, 1998; Athanasou andOlasehinde, 2002; Selwyn, 2008; Baetz et al., 2011; Eret and Ok, 2014) • Grades (poorly performing students more likely to cheat) (Genereux andMcLeod,…”
An Investigation of College Students’ Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty, Reasons for Dishonesty, Achievement Goals, and Willingness to Report Dishonest Behavior (2013, background): “…have found that female individuals reported less engagement in AD and held stronger ethical views about AD (Ledwith, Risquez, & O’Dwyer, 2010; Selwyn, 2008), whereas male individuals showed greater tolerance toward AD (de Lambert, Ellen, & Taylor, 2003; Smyth & Davis, 2004; Szabo &…”