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Tuesday, February 21, 2006  


Plagiary Scholarly Journal

Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification
http://www.plagiary.org/

International in scope, Plagiary: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification is a new scholarly journal devoted specifically to the study of plagiarism and related fabrications/falsifications within the professional literature (i.e. scholarly journals and books) and popular discourse domains (i.e. journalism, politics, audio-visual texts). Providing a forum for scholarly discussion and research on trends and phenomena (both recent and historical) related to plagiarism, Plagiary features refereed research articles, "Perspectives" articles, book reviews, and responses as a point of focus on issues of vital importance to professional and popular discourse communities. The now somewhat archaic term "Plagiary" will be re-invented, re-invigorated, and used in this publication as a "cover symbol" for the various forms of plagiarism/fabrication/falsification and related fraudulent behaviors which afflict and cheapen modern discourse. In addition to redundancy, information overload and the like, discourse communities must now grapple with some rather serious forms of textual fraud being discovered on a regular basis. Yet along with such fraudulent representations which seem to be quite common across various discourse communities, there are also legimate means of derivative expression, and studies which analyze such topics as mimicry, parody, pastiche and the like are welcome for publications consideration. Plagiary will educate, critique, inform and keep discourse communities aware of current issues and developments across the disciplines. There has been a tremendous interest in these issues related to plagiarism/fabrication/falsification, but the current publications seem to be "all over the place." This new journal will hopefully bring together existing strands of scholarship and create a point of focus for lively discussion, ongoing debate, and presentation of research results. This will be added to Academic Resources 2006 Internet MiniGuide.

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