Blogging, Quotes, and Sources

Karen Dybis

January 17, 2012

https://www.digitalethics.org/essays/blogging-quotes-and-sources

 "Words to Live For Online"  

First Impression:

When it comes to blogging, quotes, and sources, one things come to my mind: respect --- when we are creating blogs or using quotes from other sources, we should respect those sources, i.e. not plagiarize them and instead paraphrase and/or use quotation marks depending on the situation, because as far as I know when it comes to writing and life itself, respecting another's work in the sense it helped in completing yours is a key thing in life that can open all doors to good futures ahead.

Quote: 

"If there is one thing that should matter to reporters – online or elsewhere – it is the sacredness of the quote."

Reflection Proper: 

Quotes are sacred, I agree. They are powerful words that speak to one's heart, and when it comes to good ones, it truly means you have found something worthwhile to read about, and something reliable to use in future. In this modern era of digitized content, quotes nowadays have been somewhat changed in many ways: some people respect the sacredness of it, especially when it comes to using sources, and some not, especially related to those who are into plagiarism. Ethics when it comes to writing should be taught and learned with respect nowadays, specifically to that of those who does his or her works online. But as the essay says, there are still the numerous questions that comes with the subject of media like what is appropriate to use in a blog and what should be censored, or in a newspaper, is it necessary to state to readers that the printed quotes are from emails and not via face-to-face conversion. The answers to this one, in my opinion, and supported by the essay, once clear and definite though, can still raise more questions, which somewhat affects ethics and certain standards. Let's face facts though: once young, we were taught certain things like the importance of quotes in newspaper such as it spices up a story, or the correct uses of source-citations, how to do conversations cleanly and ask the correct questions and such. Rules like that still hasn't changed in this era, regardless if the game is changed, and the old methods still work depending on the style of the reporter or writer, like for instance, reporters can either go to their targets and speak to them face-to-face, or rather email their questions in advance and use the replies as written answers or something else; point being, all are fair ways to gain information, and it's their choice to use which. To sum this whole thing up in a way, ethics when in comes to writing, or rather in relation to blogging, quotes, and sources, should be treated correctly and with utmost respect, for it's the responsibility of certain individuals involved such as reporter or journalists to send out works to the people but in the correct, respectful, non-abusive, and furthermore, ethical manner, and also when it comes to quotes, it's the same with ethics: it does take time to develop such good ones.

5 Things Learned From Article: 

1. I learned about quotes being truly sacred.

2. I learned about the numerous questions in a reporter's life in this modern era, and the effects of the respective answers to those questions.

3. I learned about blogging and/or online writing is not much serious or requiring ethical standards to that of traditional reporting.

4. I learned that certain rules when it comes to reporters haven't changed till this day.

5. I learned the importance of quotation ethics, such as anti-plagiarism .

5 Integrative Questions:

1. What's your opinion on quotes this day?

2. Which do you prefer to do if you are a reporter or journalist: doing the traditional way like face-to-face or online like sending an email to your intended target?

3. How do you feel about online blogs nowadays?

4. What's your take on quotation ethics?

5. How do you do your online written works and does it include using certain ethics like in-text citations?