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Referencing and Plagiarism Guide: Social Media

Referencing using APA

Social Media

Blog Post

Reference List

Author Surname, Initial/s.  (Year, Month Day of post). Title of blog post. Blog Name in Italics. URL

Gruen, N. (2024, July 13). John Quiggin and the Overton gradient. Club Troppo. https://clubtroppo.com.au/2024/07/13/john-quiggin-and-the-overton-gradient/

 

Aliases (Screen Names) may be used in place of Author Surname.

 

In-text

(Author Surname , Year)

(Gruen, 2024)

Facebook/Tumblr/LinkedIn post

Reference List

Author Surname, Initial or Corporate Author.  (Year, Month Day). Title is first 20 words of post in italics. [Format] [Type of communication]. Site name. URL.

South Metropolitan TAFE. (2024, May 21). SM TAFE is now the proud home of the Intellibus [Video] [Status update]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/smtafe/videos/rac-intellibus-donation/438851212200797/ 

 

Treat temporary, unarchived posts such as Facebook Story or Facebook Live as personal communication.

Aliases (screen names) may be used in place of Author Surname.

 

In-text

(Author Surname, Year)

(South Metropolitan TAFE, 2024)

 

Reference List

Name [@username]. (Year, Month Day). Title of post in italics. [Format]. Instagram. URL

South Metropolitan TAFE [@smtafe]. (2024, August 2). Academic Institution of the year at the 2024 Australian Defence Industry Awards! [Photographs]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/C-HZl9vBRog/?hl=en

 

Use up to 20 words of the content of the post as the title.

User names may be used in place of Author Surname.

 

In-text

(Author Surname or Corporate Author, Year)

(South Metropolitan TAFE, 2024)

X post

Reference List

Author Surname, Initial [@username]. (Year, Month Day). Title of post in italics [Any audiovisual attached] [Post]. Site Name. URL

The Olympic Games [@Olympics]. (2024, August 5). Pedal through time with us! [Photograph attached] [Post]. X. https://x.com/Olympics/status/1820692793263624569
 

Aliases (screen names) may be used in place of the Author Surname.

Use up to the first 20 words of the content as the title.

 

In-text

(Author Surname, Year)

(The Olympic Games, 2024)