Reference no: EM131170767

Hassan Al-Azab

GRW RE Rought Outline

Research question:
1. What are the benefits and drawbacks of using the Internet as a source of information ?

Focus: Advantage and disadvantage

Answer to research question:

1-Internet have many information
2-Distract
3-Plagiarizing

Working thesis statement: Internet have many information, depending on the Internet and plagiarizing are the three advantage and disadvantage of using Internet as a source of information.

1-Internet have many information

According to Cleary(2012) "There are many papers on the internet on such topics, that temptation maybe too great."
likes Slobogin (2002) had said "There are many Web sites like schoolsucks.com where you can download a paper on nearly any subject for $9.95 per page."

According to Carr(2010)"Today, the Internet grants us easy access to unprecedented amounts of information."

2-Distract

According to Carr(2010)"People who are continually distracted by emails, alerts and other messages understand less than those who are able to concentrate."

According to Carr(2010)"In one experiment conducted at Cornell University, for example, half a class of students was allowed to use Internet-connected laptops during a lecture, while the other had to keep their computers shut. Those who browsed the Web performed much worse on a subsequent test of how well they retained the lecture's content."

According to Carr(2010), he writes "Only when we pay deep attention to a new piece of information are we able to associate it."

3-Plagiarizing

According to Coughlan(2014)" Harvard, as with other universities around the world, has faced the challenge of how to prevent students from copying information from the Internet and how to make sure that material is properly attributed"

likes Slobogin (2002) had said "More than half have plagiarized work they found on the internet."

In Gabriel's(2010) article, he writes "Digital technology makes cheating easier-whether it's texting exam answers to friends, sharing homework online, or downloading ready-made term papers from the Internet."
According to Gabriel(2010) "47 present of high school students admitted to copying and pasting from the web, with nearly one saying they didn't consider it cheating"