AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION (APA) 7TH EDITION
SAMPLE REFERENCE CITATIONS FOR TWEET REFERENCES
*The source of these reference samples is: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples
APA Databases [@APA_Databases]. (2020, September 2). We have curated a collection of
journal articles from APA PsycArticles on #COVID19. View: https://bit.ly/2QrWj76 for
CDC [@CDCgov]. (2020, June 11). Scientists do not know if having antibodies to the virus that
causes #COVID19 can protect someone from getting infected again [Image attached]
Gates, B. [@BillGates]. (2019, September 7). Today, it’s difficult for researchers to diagnose
#Alzheimers patients early enough to intervene. A reliable, easy and accurate diagnostic
Prevention Institute [@preventioninst]. (2020, September 24). If you want to talk #health, you
Stella, T. [@studiotstella]. (2019, November 16). My poster for “The Maltese Falcon” - 1941 by
#JohnHuston #DashiellHammett #HumphreyBogart #MaryAstor #PeterLorre
Parenthetical citation: (APA Databases, 2020; CDC, 2020; Gates, 2019; Prevention
Institute, 2020; Stella, 2019)
Narrative citation: APA Databases (2020), CDC (2020), Gates (2019), Prevention Institute
(2020), and Stella (2019)
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Present the name of the individual or group author the same as you would for any other reference. Then provide the Twitter handle (beginning with the @ sign) in square brackets, followed by a period.
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In the case of a group identified by an abbreviation (as with the CDC example), use the group name as shown on the work, to aid in retrieval.
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Provide the specific date of the post.
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Provide the first 20 words of the tweet as the title, in italics. Count a URL, a hashtag, or an emoji as one word each, and include them in the reference if they fall within the first 20 words. Do not italicize emojis.
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If the tweet includes an image, a video, a poll, or a thumbnail image with a link, indicate that in brackets after the title: [Image attached], [Video attached], [Thumbnail with link attached].
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Include the description “[Tweet]” in square brackets after the title.
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Credit Twitter as the site name in the source element and then provide the URL of the tweet.
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The format used for Twitter is also used for Instagram and TikTok.
