Creative Commons Licensing and Attribution
As a college student, a communications major, and a writer, I understand the importance of citing references and attributing work to original creators. Thankfully, there are a lot of resources for those learning how to correctly provide attribution and use works such as music that are free as long as they are attributed. In my audio bio and our community storytelling project video, I used free music with creative commons licenses with attribution from jamendo.com.
In order to adhere to appropriate citation conventions, fair use, and copyright for primary and secondary sources from a variety of media platforms, we had a definitive ending to our videos. In addition to special thanks slides, we also had to add slides to cite references for the information used on the contextual slides, the source and fair use of the music, and the owners of the images used.
When writing for public spheres, it is important to articulate and apply theoretical, rhetorical, and ethical considerations because we are sharing the work all over the world. Thus, it is important to make sure every aspect of the work that is not mine is cited appropriately. I do not want to use someone else's work without their knowledge or permission. I do not want to take credit for anything I did not create myself.