Alex Friedrich
The citation may be longer than the tweet itself (MDGovpics via Flickr) The Star Tribune writes that the day of the scholarly citation of tweets is coming — and an accepted style is developing.
Here’s an example, according to the paper:
Say you’re writing about terrorism and want to cite the guy who accidentally tweeted the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound. MLA suggests the following:
Athar, Sohaib (ReallyVirtual). “Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event).” 1 May 2011, 3:58 p.m. Tweet.
