Why Napster matters to writing: Filesharing as a new ethic of digital delivery

DMAC After Dark: Toward a Theory of Distributed Invention

“…Some people still view ideas as internal products of one's mind and thus value original, independent, and autonomous thought rather than discussion, collaboration, brainstorming, or mutual appropriation. This traditional view perpetuated in the academy contrasts significantly with published research in our field that views knowledge as social, collaborative, relational, and shared (e.g., DeVoss & Porter, 2006;Greer, 2003;Greene, 1995;Haviland & Mullin, 2008;Hunter, 1998;Johnson-Eilola & Selber, 2007;Ritter, 2005). Instructors might, therefore, use the theory of DI to engage students in discussions of plagiarism, authorship, knowledge, and intellectual property in order to raise student awareness of the social nature of writing and invention.…”

“…Our study builds on research that attends to how the shift from print-based writing to digital writing environments changes the nature of writing (Ball, Bowen, & Fenn, 2013;DeVoss & Porter, 2006;Grabill & Hicks, 2005;Selber, 2004;Yancey, 2004) by highlighting how these new composing environments present opportunities for us to rethink and reenvision our understandings of invention. Martine Courant Rife (2013) argued, "In the twenty-first century, we must.. .…”

Technology as a Double-Edged Sword: A Promise Yet to Be Fulfilled or a Vehicle for Cheating?

“…This is a prerequisite for being able to expand on the existing knowledge of the profession. Whereas discourse on academic integrity often presents modern technology as a threat that can cause students to cheat, collude, and plagiarize (see, for example, BonderupDohn, 2009;DeVoss & Porter, 2006;Underwood & Szabo, 2003), here it is argued that "the uneven development of academic ethos and practice" presents a tension between academic integrity and technology that needs to be resolved. Engeström suggests there are good and bad ways to cheat, good cheating being, "a way to beat the system to be more clever than the given activity" (2006, pp.…”

“…Following Howard (2007) and Nilsson (2008), it may be said that academy has witness a colonization from negatives that need to be debated. This is also evident from research literature that asserts that modern technology such as the Internet and mobile technologies contribute to academic dishonesty (see Akbulut, Uysal, Odabasi, & Kuzu, 2008;DeVoss & Porter 2006;Ş endag, Duran, & Fraser, 2012). With few exceptions, however only scant empirical proof, or indeed the absence thereof, is evidence that technology alters students' conception of cheating, contributes to its increase, or hampers learning and assessment.…”

English Studies and Intellectual Property

“…Realistic because, frankly, this is our current world. 6 Jim Porter and I have argued that imitation, appropriation, and copying are crucial postmodern production practices and that practices of digital appropriation and pastiche have a direct impact on how we think about and value authorship and originality (DeVoss and Porter 2006). The Web in general has fundamentally changed the ways compositions are written, created, scripted, and distributed.…”