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How Do You Cite a Tweet in an Academic Paper?
By Stuart Berry March 3, 2012 - 3:47pm Comments (2)
I guess I had better do this properly. I am citing Paulo Simões tweet where he retweets a reference on how to cite a Tweet. The one thing I wonder about is the “time” I see this based upon my time zone and it is not commonly understood what my specific time zone is. Any thoughts?
The full link is here http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/how-do-you-cite-a-tweet-in-an-academic-paper/253932/
The reference:
Simões, Paulo. (@pgsimoes). “RT @TweetSmarter: #HowTo Cite a Tweet in an Academic Paper: http://bit.ly/wTkDfO r/t.” March 3, 2012, 2:33 p.m. Tweet.
Comments
Hi Stuart.
Thanks for the reference. I think it's my first cited tweet. :)
Paulo
- Paulo Simões
Just use the time as shown in your Twitter feed, as the MLA guide instructs:"The date and time of a message on Twitter reflect the reader’s time zone."
(Timezone math isn't worth the time to do it.)