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BLOGS, WEBSITES, and SOCIAL MEDIA

  • For website articles with two or more authors, use the same name format as print books.
  • Write out a work's title like you would write out a sentence: Capitalize the first word, any proper nouns, and the first word after a colon.
  • For social media sources, use the content of the post, photo, or video (up to the first 20 words) as the title. Use brackets to indicate media type.   
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Blog post

McAdoo, T. (2014, February 20). How to cite a psychological test in APA style. APA Style Blog. http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2014/02

               /how-to-cite-a-psychological-test-in-apa-style.html

For blog posts, use the screen name if the real name is not given. If both are given, use both. See first two entries in Audiovisual Media for the correct format.
 
Article from a website

Goldman, B. (2010, September 13). Repeated antibiotic use alters gut's composition of beneficial microbes, study shows. ScienceDaily.

               http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100913153628.htm

For website-related source entries, the title of the article is italicized and the name of the website is not. 

Article from a website - group as author 

Amnesty International USA. (2013). Protect privacy: Demand transparency in NSA surveillance programs.         

               http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org

When the author name and the site name are the same, there's no need to list it after the article title.

Article from a website - no author

FDA approves new cholesterol drug. (2020, February 24). WebMD. https://www.webmd.com/cholesterol-management/news/20200224

When an online article has no author, place the article title (in italics) in the name field. 

Article from a website - no date

Creighton, P. (n.d.). New York subway system gets an upgrade. NYC Observer. http://www.nycobserver.com

Twitter - tweet

Obama, B. [BarackObama]. (2015, July 22). The President's #Immigration Action will be good for the economy—but opponents are standing in the way [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/barackobama

Facebook - post

Frusciante, J. [John]. (2015, June 10). THE ALMIGHTY LP: triple disc on 180 gram vinyl in a tri-fold gatefold with hi res digital download.

                 [Status update]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/Johnfrusciante/timeline

Instagram - photo or video

Red Hot Chili Peppers. [@chilipeppers]. (2019, December 15). The Red Hot Chili Peppers announce that we are parting ways with our

                 guitarist of the past ten years, Josh Klinghoffer. [Photo]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/B6G0L3OHVe8/

For more on social media sources, consult the  Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7e.

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