I had never noticed this facet of these businesses before. The company, Paper Masters, is a division of e World Publishing. E World Publishing touts that it provides "professional freelance paper writing services." I guess it isn't really news, or particularly noteworthy, that there are companies that specialize in providing writing services for other companies. That would be, at least on the surface, not too different than hiring a freelance accountant or engineer. If you lack the in-house expertise, hire it!
So, from e World Publishing's perspective, selling writing services to students is not meaningfully different from selling it to a company. But, it also ensures that the development of skills by college students is reduced marginally, meaning greater need for their service in the future. Strategic added value... Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sat 1/29/2011 7:29 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Ghost Writers It's interesting how the ad makes a veiled attempt to come across as a legitimate service by including the following toward the end of the clip: "Remember it isn't easy choosing a topic so let us help you get on your way to getting the grades you want and rising above your papers in originality, depth of understanding and academic excellence". Oh, the irony ... Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Britt" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 7:01:19 AM Subject: [tips] Ghost Writers Found this video this morning on YouTube about a service that will write a student's research paper for them. I think it's telling that the narrator reads everything that is also written on the screen. I guess such services aren't afraid to be out in the open: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gha1pH14LdA Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=8222 or send a blank email to leave-8222-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Britt" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 7:01:19 AM Subject: [tips] Ghost Writers Found this video this morning on YouTube about a service that will write a student's research paper for them. I think it's telling that the narrator reads everything that is also written on the screen. I guess such services aren't afraid to be out in the open: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gha1pH14LdA Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=8222 or send a blank email to leave-8222-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=8223 or send a blank email to leave-8223-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=8232 or send a blank email to leave-8232-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
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