Social media
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
An in-text citation would look like this [#].
In-text citation example
[12]
Format for reference list
Elements, punctuation and capitalisation
A. A. Author [@username], "Title of post" or Full Tweet, Title of Social Media Website, Abbrev. Month Day, Year. Accessed: Abbrev. Month Day, Year. Available: [URL]
Reference list example
J. Bezos [@JeffBezos], Invention. You can still improve even an axe! Damn, Twitter, Oct 10, 2022. Accessed: Jan 31, 2023. Available: https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/1579252993903710209?cxt=HHwWgsDSgeKO0eorAAAA
OR
Faculty of Engineering & IT, University of Melbourne [@engunimelb], "Build your industry experience: Internship opportunities currently available" Instagram, Apr 27,2023. Accessed: May 14, 2023. Available: https://www.instagram.com/p/CrhLrhfhw6K/
Style notes
- Names: use company/organisation name if author is unavailable.
- Use Title Case for the Title of Website
- Month abbreviations: Abbreviated months (e.g. Jun, Sep) are used in IEEE. Please see the IEEE Reference Guide for the list of all abbreviations.
- Use Sentence case for Post title
- Use web page format for most web content (see other headings for more detailed information on other web content including data sets or standards).
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