Blog post
You may need to consult more than one section to accurately represent the source used (eg. number of authors and source descriptions)
Format for in-text citation
in-text citation example
Nova (2020) argues that the fire season has been extended by ....
OR
…Government advertising discounts human intervention (Nova, 2020).
Format for reference list
Elements, punctuation & capitalisation
Blog post:
Author, A. A. [or Alias] (Year, Month day). Title. Title of Blog. Web address
Comment on a blog:
Author, A. A. [or Alias] (Year, Month day). Comment title or up to first 20 words of the comment. [Comment on the article "Title of the article"]. Title of Blog. Web address
Reference list example
Blog post:
Nova, J. (2020, May 27). Fire seasons don’t run around the country lighting fires. JoNova http://joannenova.com.au/2020/05/fire-seasons-dont-run-around-the-country-lighting-fires/
Comment on blog:
TdeF. (2020, May 27). Nothing to do with pyrophytic vegetation then, an Australian phenomenon exported around the world? [Comment on the article "Fire seasons don’t run around the country lighting fires"]. JoNova. http://joannenova.com.au/2020/05/fire-seasons-dont-run-around-the-country-lighting-fires/
Make sure to look at the style notes
Style notes for this reference type
- APA 7 Publication Manual, p.320, 344, 345
- The name of the author should be stated as on the message. Nicknames or aliases are acceptable if that was what was used by the blogger.
- Titles of blog entries are not italicised.
- When citing a comment on a blog, give the name or alias of the commenter, the date of the comment, and put Re: before the title of the original blog. Give the web address specific to the comment.
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