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MLA: "How to cite a tweet."

MLA: "How to cite a tweet."

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By Mark A. McCutcheon 2 March 2012 @ 3:28pm

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http://www.mla.org/style/handbook_faq/cite_a_tweet

I like the fact the citation format requires the whole tweet: it's good archiving practice (since one's Twitter timeline only stores one's most recent three thousand tweets).

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