Credit (creative arts)
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In general, the term credit in the artistic or intellectual sense refers to an acknowledgment of those who contributed to a work, whether through ideas or in a more direct sense.
Credit in the arts
In the creative
Non-fiction
In
Academic papers generally contain a lengthy section of footnotes or citations. Such detailed crediting of sources provides readers with an opportunity to discover more about the cited material. It also provides a check against misquotation, as it's easy for an attributed quote to be checked when the reference is available. All of this is thought to improve integrity of the instructional capital conveyed, which may be quite fragile, and easy to misinterpret or to misapply.
In fiction
In fiction writing, authors are generally expected to give credit to those who contributed significantly to a work. Sometimes authors who do not want credit for their work directly may choose to use a pen name. A ghostwriter gives all or some of the credit for his or her writing to someone else.
In computing
In
Software documentation is sometimes licensed under similar terms. For example, the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) used by Wikipedia requires that acknowledgments to authors be preserved.
See also
- Acknowledgment (creative arts and sciences)
- Attribution (copyright)
- Billing (filmmaking)
- Byline
- Character generator
- Closing credits
- Digital on-screen graphic (BUG)
- Intellectual property
- Lower third
- Motion picture credits
- Opening credits
- Plagiarism
- Production logo
- Signature block
- Title sequence
- WGA screenwriting credit system
References
- ISBN 9780786457403.
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