Social Media

In-text citation

(La Trobe University Library 2022) or La Trobe University (2022)

(Rudd 2013) or Rudd (2013)

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Comments are cited in the text and refer to the reference list entry, e.g. Koula Karandaglidis Papagiannopoulos stated the "pride of wearing these costumes is priceless" (December 1, 2022, comment on La Trobe University Library 2022).

Reference list

Author's Last Name, First Name (Screen name). Year. "Text of post up to 160 characters, capitalised as the original." Type of post, Month Day, Year. http://xxxxxxxxxxxxx.

La Trobe University Library. 2022. "We've just launched our first ever Greek Archives digital exhibition! Discover traditional costumes from different regions of Greece in our Hellenic Folk Dress exhibition." Facebook, December 1, 2022. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=593690536092282&set=a.398626745598663.

Rudd, Kevin (@KRuddMP). 2013. "Talking to @BillGates re vaccinations & eliminating polio. Oz working with Gates Foundation on all these." Twitter, May 28, 2013. https://twitter.com/MrKRudd/status/339201056472985600.

Notes

For direct messages and personal or private content, follow the guidelines for citing personal communications.
See CMOS 15.52 for more information.

In-text citation

Ainsworth (2023)

(Ainsworth 2023)

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Reference list

Author of Post Last Name, First Name(s). Year. "Title of the Post." Title of the Blog (blog). Title of Publication where blog appears, Month day, year. URL.

Ainsworth, Kate. 2023. “Qantas Boss Alan Joyce Says Airline ‘Back at its Best’ After ‘Routinely’ Disappointing Customers.” The Loop (blog). ABC News, February 3, 2023. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-03/live-news-blog-the-loop-iraq-tom-brady-mason-greenwood/101925582?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web#live-blog-post-20106./

Kruszelnicki, Karl. 2022. “Dr Karl Explains the ‘Wobbling Scale’ of Animal Drunkenness.” Dr. Karl: Need to Know (blog). Australian Geographic, November 8, 2022. https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/dr-karl-need-to-know/2022/11/dr-karl-explains-the-wobbling-scale-of-animal-drunkenness//.

Notes

Blog posts can be cited like online newspaper articles - include author of post, "title of the post ", title of blog, date of the post, and a URL.
Add (blog) after the title of the blog if it isn't included in the title already.
If blog is part of a bigger publication you can add the name of the larger publication.
If you need to cite the whole blog in the reference list, it goes under Editor if there is one, or under the blog Title.

In-text citation

Kel commented we should “adopt the use of 'cakes' of 'soap' that can be dissolved in water to produce liquid soap/shampoo/conditioner/detergent” instead of using single use plastic bottles (November 16, 2022 comment on Kikken 2022).

Reference list

Author of Post Last Name, First Name(s). Year. "Title of the Post." Title of the Blog (blog). Title of Publication where blog appears, Month day, year. URL.

Kikken, Natalie. 2022. “How to Manage Soft Plastic Recycling.” CSIROscope (blog). November 16, 2022. https://blog.csiro.au/soft-plastics-recycling//.

Notes

Comments on blog posts are usually just cited in-text - they don't really warrant an entry in reference list. CMOS 15.51.
In-text relate the comment to the blog post which you will have in the reference list. See Blog post tab.
If comment is about whole blog then also just list in-text with reference to the whole blog which then appears in the ref list.