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SociaLogic: How to Cite Tweets in Academia or eLearning

by AJ Walther Follow us on Twitter View our profile on LinkedIn

The President has a Twitter account. So does the Pope. It makes sense that eventually someone important is going to use this social outlet to say something that you'd like to include in an academic paper or maybe even in your eLearning. But how do you do that?  

Here's how, according to the Modern Language Association (MLA):

Last Name, First Name (User Name). "The tweet in its entirety." Date, Time. Tweet.

That was painless, eh? But I have an even easier option. Simply paste the tweet's URL into the citation generator at Tweet2Cite and the work will be done for you–in either MLA or American Psychological Association format. The only catch is that you'll need to know the URL for the specific tweet. Don't worry though, here's how you get that:

  1. Click any Tweet on Twitter to expand the Tweet.
  2. At the bottom of the Tweet, click the Details link. (The Tweet will open in a new window with its URL in the browser box.)
     

The MLA citation for the Tweet picture above would be:

Walther, AJ (LogicalAJ). "Wanna Read Faster? Try These Apps http://t.co/52RNyeuyv8 #mLearning #edtech #iOS7". 17 Oct 2013, 20:00 UTC. Tweet

9 Replies to “SociaLogic: How to Cite Tweets in Academia or eLearning”

  1. MLA citation method is given above. What about the APA method? How to cite tweet as per APA rules?

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  2. MLA citation method is given above. What about the APA method? How to cite tweet as per APA rules?

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  3. MLA citation method is given above. What about the APA method? How to cite tweet as per APA rules?

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