TY - JOUR
T1 - How U.S. and Chinese journalists think about plagiarism
AU - Lewis, Norman P.
AU - Zhong, Bu
AU - Yang, Fan
AU - Zhou, Yong
PY - 2018/9/3
Y1 - 2018/9/3
N2 - A comparison of 1,096 professional journalists in China and the United States on attitudes toward attribution and plagiarism reveals Chinese journalists were more likely to see attribution as a practice to be embraced regardless of career longevity and culture, suggesting journalistic norms are more important than a collectivist orientation. Attribution was more likely to be embraced by those who see principles as more important than expediency, affirming research that plagiarism is hardly a monolithic concept. Overall, journalists in the two nations did not vary significantly in their attitudes toward plagiarism, despite vast differences in culture and politics as well as evidence that in some other fields China is more accepting of reusing material without attribution. The data show that among journalists, attitudes toward plagiarism are shared across national boundaries, reinforcing related research showing that a journalism culture exists and is shared at least in part across national boundaries.
AB - A comparison of 1,096 professional journalists in China and the United States on attitudes toward attribution and plagiarism reveals Chinese journalists were more likely to see attribution as a practice to be embraced regardless of career longevity and culture, suggesting journalistic norms are more important than a collectivist orientation. Attribution was more likely to be embraced by those who see principles as more important than expediency, affirming research that plagiarism is hardly a monolithic concept. Overall, journalists in the two nations did not vary significantly in their attitudes toward plagiarism, despite vast differences in culture and politics as well as evidence that in some other fields China is more accepting of reusing material without attribution. The data show that among journalists, attitudes toward plagiarism are shared across national boundaries, reinforcing related research showing that a journalism culture exists and is shared at least in part across national boundaries.
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U2 - 10.1080/01292986.2017.1416644
DO - 10.1080/01292986.2017.1416644
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85038116751
SN - 0129-2986
VL - 28
SP - 490
EP - 507
JO - Asian Journal of Communication
JF - Asian Journal of Communication
IS - 5
ER -