LibGuides: Harvard Reference Style: Social media

Social media: Reference formats & examples

Social media websites include Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Tumblr, Instagram, etc.

You may want to cite examples or mention these popular sites in a research paper, but most likely you will not use these sites exclusively in a research paper.

The required elements for a social media reference are:

Author(s)
Year
Title of page [Social media type]
Day and month of post
Available: URL [Date of access]

**Social Media: Examples**
TYPE	REFERENCE LIST	IN-TEXT CITATION
Facebook page	Components: Author. Year. Title of page [Facebook]. Day and month of post. Available: URL [Date of access]. Example: Ngomso, D. 2017. SA Concerned Consumer Group [Facebook]. 13 January. Available: https://www.facebook.com/groups/6814981679260616 [15 January 2017].	Examples: … (Ngomso, 2017). Ngomso (2017) said …
Twitter	Components: Author. Year. Full text of tweet [Twitter]. Day and month of post. Available: URL [Date of access]. Example: Blake, S. 2017. Energising development with Jatropha curcas? Biofuel reflections from Mali in @PracticalAction briefing paper [Twitter]. 27 March. Available: https://twitter.com/SBlake [28 March 2017]. Notes: The full text of the tweet is in italics.	Examples: Blake (2017) … … (Blake, 2017).
Blog entry	Components: Author. Year. Title of blog entry. Title of blog. [Blog]. Day and month of blog entry. Available: URL [Date of access]. Example: Buesseler, K. 2018. This twilight zone is dark, watery, and yes, also full of intrigue. Earth right now [Blog]. 21 Aug. Available: https://climate.nasa.gov/blog/2788/this-twilight-zone-is-dark-watery-and-yes-also-full-of-intrigue/ [29 Aug 2018]. Notes: The title of the blog is in italics and not the title of the blog entry.	Examples: Buesseler (2018) agreed … … (Buesseler, 2018).