Cite any original content you use from social media sources. For articles found on social media, cite the article directly. To cite social media content, follow the formats listed in the following sections. Find more information about referencing social media at the APA Style Website.
Use the name associated with the post in the author's name spot. Use the date the message was posted. For the Title position, provide the content of the post up to the first 20 words and include a content description in brackets. Credit Facebook as the site name, and end with the URL of the post.
Lawson, J. [The Bloggess]. (2020, February 14). Outside of Nowhere Bookshop right now: [Image attached]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/jennythebloggess/photos/a.10152310312171511/10156482246036511/?type=3&theater
New York Public Library. (2020, February 22). Get crafty with this free download from The New York Public Library Shop of the 125 Books We Love list! [Image attached]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/nypl/posts/10158101585597351
Start with the person or organization's real name, then put their Twitter handle in brackets. Use the date the message was posted. For the Title position, provide the content of the post up to the first 20 words and include a content description in brackets. Credit Twitter as the site name, and end with the URL of the tweet.
Cosumnes River College [@ChooseCRC]. (2020, February 19). TODAY | Join us for today's OneBook, Black History Month event, "Restoring the Rights of Formerly Incarcerated Citizens" with Assembly member [Image attached] [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/ChooseCRC/status/1230161787430899712
Tyson N. d. [@neiltyson]. (2020, February 8). Internet search engines have a way of affirming your hypothesis, no matter what you have hypothesized [Tweet] Twitter. https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/1226279257049051141
Start with the person or organization's real name, then put their Instagram handle in brackets. Use the date the message was posted. For the Title position, provide the content of the post up to the first 20 words and include a content description in brackets. Credit Instagram as the site name, and end with the URL of the post.
Holland, T. [tomholland2013]. (2019, August 22). We did it Mr. Stark! [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/B1fUPgblShf/