[Foundation-l] How Do You Cite a Tweet in an Academic Paper?

[Achal Prabhala]

 From the MLA (Modern Languages Association) via the Atlantic:

"Begin the entry in the works-cited list with the author's real name 
and, in parentheses, user name, if both are known and they differ. If 
only the user name is known, give it alone.

Next provide the entire text of the tweet in quotation marks, without 
changing the capitalization. Conclude the entry with the date and time 
of the message and the medium of publication (/Tweet/). For example:

Athar, Sohaib (ReallyVirtual). "Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 
1AM (is a rare event)." 1 May 2011, 3:58 p.m. Tweet.

The date and time of a message on /Twitter/ reflect the reader's time 
zone. Readers in different time zones see different times and, possibly, 
dates on the same tweet. The date and time that were in effect for the 
writer of the tweet when it was transmitted are normally not known. 
Thus, the date and time displayed on /Twitter/ are only approximate 
guides to the timing of a tweet."

More here:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/how-do-you-cite-a-tweet-in-an-academic-paper/253932/

Very interesting, re: 
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Understanding_sources

Cheers,
Achal