Attribution, often referred to as citation in academia, is the practice of crediting an idea, concept, text, piece of music, or art object to its original creator. Attribution takes many forms. For instance, when a local resident is introduced and quoted in a news story, that is a form of attribution. Likewise, when a musical artist mixes previous songs to make a new song and lists the originals that were mixed on their discography, that is a form of attribution. Also, when someone revises a meme and shares where the original image came from in the file’s metadata, that is a form of attribution. In academic texts, attribution is the practice and form of documenting your sources.