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Business Citation Guide: Social Media

This guide provides examples for citing business resources in APA, MLA, and Chicago citation styles.

Social Media

Type Example
Works Cited List Example

 

Author's Last Name, First Name or Username if real name not provided. "Title of Blog Post." Name of Website/Blog, Website/Blog Publisher if given, Day Month Year of blog post, URL of blog post. 

Example:

Zhou, Hong. "The Intelligence Revolution: What’s Happening and What’s to Come in Generative AI." The Scholarly KitchenSociety for Scholarly Publishing, 20 Jul. 2023, scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/07/20/the-intelligence-revolution-whats-happening-and-whats-to-come-in-generative-ai/. 

Note: Do not include https:// in the URL.

In-Text Citation

(Last name of author or corporate author)

Example:

(Zhou)

 

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Author Last Name, First Name or Twitter Name [Twitter Handle]. "The entire tweet word-for-word (if under 140 characters)." Twitter, Day Month Year of Tweet, URL.

Example:

Bronfman Library [@Bronfmanlibrary]. "Congrats @Schulich_MBA! Ranked #1 in @corporateknights 2014 Global 100 Sustainable MBA rankings goo.gl/cht1QT # York U." Twitter, 14 Oct. 2014, twitter.com/bronfmanlibrary/status/160996668971704320.

Note 1: If tweet is more than 140 characters, shorten and indicate using ellipsis (...)

Note 2: For a tweet exclusively composed of video or images, describe in your own words.

Note 3: Do not include https:// in the URL.

In-Text Citation

(Twitter handle)

Example:

(@Bronfmanlibrary)

 

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Note: As Facebook posts can be lengthy, describe the post instead of reposting its content. To find the time of a Facebook post, hover your mouse next to the date of the post over the clock icon. It may not be possible to link directly to the specific post itself.

Author Last Name, First Name or Account Name. Description of Post. Facebook, Day Month Year of Post, URL. 

Example:

Rick Mercer Report. Spread the Net Challenge Winners 2016. Facebook, 23 Mar. 2016, www.facebook.com/rickmercerreport. 

In-Text Citation

(Author's Last Name or Account Name)

Example:

(Rick Mercer Report)

 

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Last Name, First Name, role [e.g. host, narrator or moderator]. "Title of Podcast Episode." Title of Overall Podcast, Episode Number if Given, Web Site Hosting If Different From Podcast Title, Day Month Year of Episode, URL of episode. 

Example:

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

In-Text Citation

Note: Show hours, minutes and seconds as displayed in your media player.

(Host's Last Name Start Time of Revelant Section-End Time of Section)

Example:

(Orton and Blennerhassett 00:02:01-57)