As I said about most of these chapters, Chapter 7 was interesting and caught my attention the whole time. What stuck to me from the first paragraph was how Mike commented “we live in a world full of remixes and mashups.” and I strongly a agree with comment along with “from laptop, to phone to desktop, info moves fast and quick. Nothing seems original. Everything seems mixed up” ( page 163 ). I found it fascinating how he explained that our ideas are always there in our minds and new ideas became new because maybe of something we heard, another idea of a person, ( but not all of it “a net” page 164). He used as an example to magic trick of a quarter behind your ear. (very good example). I thought that citation’s purpose was not to plagiarize, but in chapter 7, it shows the reader different ways of how to use citation in your writing. So not just because you don’t want to be accused of plagiarism. But also to support your idea. Back up what you are writing about. If you are commenting on something you read you use citation to show the readers of what and who your responding too. I also learned that citation needs to be specifically on what the author said and not just a sentence that can be read in different ways and mean different things just to prove your point, a point or anything else. I was surprised about Obama borrowing someone’s speech. I didn’t really pay attention to the news about the elections or anything back then. I agree with the author that he should have at least given credit to his friend for letting him use his speech. Like Mr. Swanson said, everybody would love some credit on their “answer” to a teachers question, or for the “joke” we told our friend who ended up telling it to someone else, etc. (page 164)

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