June 21st: Was Foucalt a plagiarist? Hip-hop sampling and academic citation

This article, written by Mickey Hess, talks about academic citation and hip-hop sampling. I had never heard of the term "hip-hop sampling," prior to this article. Hess defines it as, "samples may be music or vocals from other songs or may be borrowed from nonmusical sources such as films, political speeches, or television commercials." The article gives many examples relating to this topic, and relating to academic citation. He also states that, "sampling, as in the above example, often comments on and critiques sources through juxtaposition." I found all of this information to be very interesting because a lot of it I had not known before. This article brought a lot of light upon what can be considered plagiarism, and the author takes this concept in depth. It made me realize how careful not only authors etc. have to be when citing work, but me as a college student as well. I have always tried my hardest to cite properly, but it can be a challenge as a new writer. I have had many friends come into situations where they have plagiarized, and not even realized that they did so, because they did not re-phrase the content enough or did not properly cite it.