7. Social media and blogs

In this chapter:  
Blog post Instagram
Blog post comment Twitter
Facebook
1. BLOG POST
  • If you are unable to locate the author’s name, use their handle/account name.
In-text

(Author Surname/Alias, Year)

Example:

Sinnamon (2019) states that …

Reference

Author Surname/Alias, Initial. (Year, Month Day). Title [Format]. Retrieved from URL

Example:

Sinnamon, M. (2019, May 30). More historical Toowoomba newspapers now available via Trove [Blog post]. Retrieved from http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/2019/05/30/more-historical-toowoomba-newspapers-now-available-via-trove/

2. BLOG POST COMMENT
  • If you are unable to locate the author’s name, use their handle/account name.
  • Where possible, provide the URL that will lead the reader directly to the blog post comment.  To obtain the URL for the blog comment, click the corresponding timestamp (where provided).
In-text

(Author Surname/Alias, Year)

Example:

Others agree … (Marin, 2019).

Reference

Author Surname/Alias, Initial. (Year, Month Day). Re: Blog post title [Format]. Retrieved from URL

Example:

Marin. (2019, May 6). Re: Feel a neck lump? See your doctor [Blog comment]. Retrieved from https://mdbcancerjourney.com/2019/05/06/feel-a-neck-lump-see-your-doctor/#comment-2063

3. FACEBOOK
  • If you are unable to locate the author’s name, use their handle/account name.
In-text

(Author Surname, Year)

Example:

In a recent announcement … (Gillard, 2011).

Reference

Author Surname, Initial. [Account Name/Handle]. (Year, Month Day). Content or caption of the post (up to 40 words) [Format]. Retrieved from URL

Example:

Gillard, J. [Julia Gillard]. (2011, November 10). The PM has announced the Labor Government is prepared to provide over $2 billion to deliver an historic pay rise to 150,000 of Australia’s lowest paid workers in the social and community services sector [Facebook status update]. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/juliagillard/posts/263639040354656

1. INSTAGRAM
  • If you are unable to locate the author’s name, use their handle/account name.
In-text

(Author Surname, Year)

Example:

In the 60s … (USQ, 2017).

Reference

Author Surname, Initial [Account Name/Handle]. (Year, Month Day). Content or caption of the post (up to 40 words) [Format]. Retrieved from URL

Example:

USQ [@usqedu]. (2017, August 17). #throwbackthursday to study in the 60’s and life before the internet. Just imagine trying to reference your assignment without online journals… [Instagram photo]. Retrieved from https://www.instagram.com/p/BX4V9BIDKqu/

5. TWITTER
  • If you are unable to locate the author’s name, use their handle/account name.
In-text

(Author Surname, Year)

Example:

According to Pietsch (2018) …

Reference

Author Surname, Initial [Account Name/Handle]. (Year, Month Day). Content or caption of the post (up to 40 words) [Format]. Retrieved from URL

Example:

Pietsch, T. [@cap_and_gown]. (2018, May 24). Why podcasting matters to historians – why I think the launch of the new @historylabpod is important (spoiler: doing the work of thinking and making meaning together is central to the good society) [Tweet]. Retrieved from https://twitter.com/cap_and_gown/status/999876227207839744

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