Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due - On Social Media Sites

We've been waiting, and now it is here: a guide to citing works from social media cites, which I am sharing from TeacherCast:

Using the guide, I will cite the source of this image and information in MLA style:  Mahon, Karen. "Social Media Citation Guide." TeacherCast. June 3, 2013. http://blog.teachercast.net/how-to-cite-social-media-mla-apa-formats-by-karenlmahon/. Date Accessed: June 3, 2013.

 

 

Why This Is Important

The importance of this is easily understood by answering simple questions: Would you want your great ideas and intellectual property to be claimed by another individual? How would you react if someone had taken your ideas and not given credit back to your site? As important as citing material written in books, magazines, and song lyrics, information online is just as critical to give credit to.