Social Media Posts

Footnotes

Footnote template [AGLC4 Rule  7.16]

Username, 'Title' (Social Media Platform, Full Date, Time) <URL>.

Footnote examples

Brooking Creative Labs, ‘Is  America  Dreaming?:  Understanding  Social  Mobility’  (YouTube,  20  July  2015)  00:00:00–00:01:00 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG6-UaBECN4>.

chapteriiibestbits (Instagram, 21 July 2016 AEST)  <https://www.instagram.com/p/BIICBevgk31>

Bibliography

Bibliography template [AGLC4 Rule 1.13]

Username, 'Title' (Social Media Platform, Full Date, Time) <URL>

Bibliography example

Brooking Creative Labs, ‘Is  America  Dreaming?:  Understanding  Social  Mobility’  (YouTube,  20  July  2015)  00:00:00–00:01:00 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG6-UaBECN4>.

chapteriiibestbits (Instagram, 21 July 2016 AEST)  <https://www.instagram.com/p/BIICBevgk31>

Style notes for social media

• Guidance for referencing social media posts, forum posts and online videos (eg YouTube) are covered in AGLC4 Rule 7.16.
• The username should appear as it does on the social media platform and if a social media post doesn’t have a title, you don’t need to include one, see AGLC4 Rule 7.16
• For full date information (including whether to include the local timezone) consult AGLC4 Rule 7.16. You can include the time of posting if it helps identify which post is being referenced.
• Pinpoint references to video can include a time or timespan, see Rules 1.11.3 – 1.11.4.
• A URL should be included after the first reference to a source. If the full URL is cumbersome and the source can be easily found from the main page, you can use the address of the general site. See Rule 4.4.