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Tweet (social media) A tweet is a former name for a post on social networking service X (formerly Twitter). It is a short status update which can include images, videos, GIFs, straw polls, hashtags, mentions, and hyperlinks. Around 80% of all posts are made by 10% of users, averaging 138 posts per month, with the median user making only two ...
Telegram style, telegraph style, telegraphic style, or telegraphese [1] is a clipped way of writing which abbreviates words and packs information into the smallest possible number of words or characters. It originated in the telegraph age when telecommunication consisted only of short messages transmitted by hand over the telegraph wire.
Twitterature (a portmanteau of Twitter and literature) is a literary use of the microblogging service of X (formerly known as Twitter). It includes various genres, including aphorisms, poetry, and fiction (or some combination thereof) written by individuals or collaboratively. The 280-character maximum imposed by the medium, upgraded from 140 ...
For that reason, self-published sources are largely not acceptable. Self-published books and newsletters, personal pages on social networking sites, tweets, and posts on Internet forums are all examples of self-published media. Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable when produced by an established expert on the subject matter ...
Read on for a step-by-step example of a check filled out from top to bottom. 1. Write the Date. Write the correct date in the date label near the upper right corner of the check. Use the current ...
For example, proper in-text citation for a direct quote of fewer than 40 words is: "Plagiarism is the use of another person’s work (this could be his or her words, products or ideas) for personal advantage, without proper acknowledgment of the original work" ("Plagiarism," 2004, "Definition," para. 1).
Overly long paragraphs should be split up, as long as the cousin paragraphs keep the idea in focus. One-sentence paragraphs are unusually emphatic, and should be used sparingly. Some paragraphs are really tables or lists in disguise. They should be rewritten as prose or converted to their unmasked form.
For example, American citizens contest media coverage of various social and political events as they see fit, inserting their voices into the narratives about America's past and present and shaping their own collective memories. An example of this is the public explosion of the Trayvon Martin shooting in Sanford, Florida. News media coverage of ...