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Citing Sources: Social Media

Blog Post

Author's Last Name, First Name or Username if real name not provided. "Title of Blog Post." Name of Blog, Day Month Year posted, URL of blog post. Accessed Day Month Year blog was visited (optional, add if no posting/publication date).

Works Cited List Example

Naish, Darren. "If Bigfoot Were Real." Tetrapod Zoology, 27 June 2016, blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/if-bigfoot-were-real/. 

In-Text Citation Example

(Author's Last Name)

(Naish)

Note: Blog posts have no page numbers, paragraph numbers or section headings so this information is left out of the in-text citation.

Podcast

"Title of Podcast Episode." Title of Overall Podcast, hosted by First Name, Last Name. Episode Number if Given, Web Site Hosting If Different From Podcast Title, Day Month Year of Episode, App name or URL of episode. Accessed Day Month Year podcast was accessed (optional, add if there is no upload/publication date).

Works Cited List Example

"Lessons From the Brexit." BIV Podcast, hosted by Tyler Orton and Patrick Blennerhassett. Episode 18, Business Vancouver, 28 June 2016, www.biv.com/article/2016/6/biv-podcast-episode-18-lessons-brexit/. 

In-Text Citation Example

(Title of podcast)

(BIV Podcast)

 

Instagram

Instagram Account Name [@username]. Description of post. Instagram, Day Month Year of Post, URL.

Works Cited List Example

 George Brown College [@gbcollege] Earth Hour, Instagram, 23 March 2024, https://www.instagram.com/p/C42yGT3s_Hk/?igsh=dGxrdXo1d25venBn.  

In-Text Citation Example

(Account Name)

 Example: (George Brown College)

 

X

Account Name (@username). "The entire post word-for-word." X, Day Month Year of Post, URL.

Works Cited List Example

 Sohaib Athar (@ReallyVirtual) "Helicopter hovering above Abbottad at 1AM is a rare event." X,  4 Jan. 2019, x.com/reallyvirtual/status/64780730286358528?lang=en.

 Note: You can shorten a long post by listing the first few words followed by an ellipsis (...).

In-Text Citation Example

(Account Name)

(Sohaib)

 

Facebook

Facebook Account Name [@username]. "Text of post or Title of Video." Facebook, Day Month Year of Post, URL.

Note: You can shorten long text by listing only the first few words followed by an ellipsis (...).

Works Cited List Example

Rick Mercer Report [@rickmercerreport]. "Spread the Net Challenge Winners 2016". Facebook, 23 March 2016. www.facebook.com/rickmercerreport. 

 NoteYou can shorten long text by listing only the first few words followed by an ellipsis (...).

In-Text Citation Example

(Author's Last Name or Account Name)

(Rick Mercer Report)