AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION (APA) 7TH EDITION

SAMPLE REFERENCE CITATIONS FOR COMMENT ON A WEBPAGE ON A NEWS WEBSITE REFERENCES

*The source of these reference samples is: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples

 
 
Owens, L. (2020, October 7). I propose a bicycle race between Biden and Trump [Comment on the
          webpage Here’s what voters make of President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis]. HuffPost.
 
        Parenthetical citation:  (Owens, 2020)
        Narrative citation:  Owens (2020)
 
  • Credit the person who left the comment as the author using the format that appears with the comment (i.e., a real name and/or a username). The example shows a real name.
  • Provide the specific date the comment was published.
  • Provide the comment title or up to the ?rst 20 words of the comment in standard font. Then in square brackets write “Comment on the webpage” and the title of the webpage on which the comment appeared in sentence case and italics.
  • Provide the name of the news website in the source element of the reference.
  • Link to the comment itself if possible. Otherwise, link to the webpage on which the comment appears. Either a full URL or a short URL is acceptable.

 

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