Tag Archives: citation

On MAL-attribution

Posted on March 25, 2024 by pat thomson

I was recently reviewing a paper and saw my own work cited. Very nice, you might think. However, I was cited for saying a thing that I didn’t say – a thing that I would never ever say. It was … Continue reading →

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can I cite a blog post?

Posted on December 14, 2017 by pat thomson

Some people still tell their doctoral researchers that they can’t cite blogs. Really? Yes really. Just to start with …  of course you CAN cite blogs. The fact that all of the big citation styles – APA for instance – … Continue reading →

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the perils of provenance

Posted on March 24, 2016 by pat thomson

Steven Spielberg believes young filmmakers should understand the provenance of the ideas and conventions that they see in contemporary films. Speiberg argues that film-makers need to go back to learn from the past. It’s not all about the new and the now. Is … Continue reading →

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some more issues with citations

Posted on November 4, 2013 by pat thomson

One of the hallmarks of academic writing is the citation. There is very little other writing which bristles with brackets, or sits on a hefty foundation of footnotes. So it’s probably worth just noting the things to watch out for … Continue reading →

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cite it right

Posted on October 28, 2013 by pat thomson

A couple of weeks ago I noticed on my twitter feed someone – let’s call them Tweeter A – being advised by Tweeter B to ‘check out the original’. The original happened to be a writing strategy taken from Barbara’s … Continue reading →

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misquoted, misunderstood? no, it’s misrepresentation that gets to me

Posted on March 14, 2013 by pat thomson

A while ago I was part of a tweet conversation about being misquoted. I think it began with someone asking whether anyone had been misquoted and what it felt like. I said that I had, and volunteered to blog about … Continue reading →

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