Blog 8

The Sampsel plagiarism entry was helpful to me because it provided some examples of how to refer to an author's original ideas without plagiarizing.

The On the Media clip brought up some interesting points. In this day and age, should remixing be considered on the same creative level as creating? I thought that Goldsmith's assignment to rip off a paper from an online paper mill and have to present it as your own was a good idea, because using internet sources and "owning" the material is a skill that we as scholars need to have. (However, we would cite our sources...)
I enjoyed the poem featured at the end of the segment because it borrowed rhythms and themes from everyday life, just as a hip-hop artist samples tracks and weaves them into a whole.