AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION (APA) 7TH EDITION
SAMPLE REFERENCE CITATIONS FOR INSTAGRAM PROFILE REFERENCES
*The source of these reference samples is: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples
National Geographic [@natgeo]. (n.d.).IGTV [Instagram profile]. Instagram. Retrieved December
Swift, T. [@taylorswift]. (n.d.). Posts [Instagram profile]. Instagram. Retrieved January 9, 2020,
United States Army [@usarmy]. (n.d.). Tagged [Instagram profile]. Instagram. Retrieved January
Parenthetical citation: (National Geographic, n.d.; Swift, n.d.; United States Army, n.d.)
Narrative citation: National Geographic (n.d.), Swift (n.d.), and United States Army (n.d.)
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Use the name of the profile page you want to cite in the title element of the reference (e.g., “Posts,” “IGTV,” “Tagged”).
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Include the description “[Instagram profile]” in square brackets.
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Provide a retrieval date because the content is designed to change over time and is not archived.
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Provide the URL of the page.
