APA Referencing Guide: Facebook Post

Facebook Post

 

A reference to a Facebook post generally requires the following elements:

 

• The name associated with the Facebook account. 
• The date of the post.
• Use the first 20 words of the post as the title. A URL, hashtag or emoji counts as one word each. Do not italicise emojis.
• If a post includes images, videos, thumbnail links to outside sources, or content from another post (such as when sharing a link), indicate that in square brackets. 
• Describe the post type (e.g., “[Status update],” “[Video]”) in square brackets after any description of attached content. 
• Credit Facebook as the site name
• Provide the URL of the post.

 

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In-text citation

As the world battles against the corona virus, scientists all over the world are carrying out experiments to better understand the biology of the virus (New Scientist, 2020).

 

 

Full reference for the Reference List

New Scientist. (2020, March 23). Scientists are working around the clock to understand the biology of the covid-19 virus and how it infects human cells [Thumbnail with link attached] [Update] Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/pg/newscientist/posts/?ref=page_internal