APA 7th Edition - Citation Guide - CBS Library

Template

Author, A. A. [@twittername]. (n.d.). Tweets [Twitter profile]. Retrieved Month Day, Year, from http://xxxxx

Example

Tyson, N. G. [@neiltyson]. (n.d.). Tweets [Twitter profile]. Twitter. Retrieved October 8, 2019, from https://twitter.com/neiltyson

As in-text citation:

(Tyson, 2019)

If you cite a particular post ('tweet'), you must cite it in the References page; you can follow the example and guidelines below.

• Include the Twitter username as written (be it a name or an organization).
• You do not need to include the time, simply the day and year.
• Since tweets are limited to 140 characters, you should include the entire text, including URLs.
• The URL should be for the specific tweet, not the entire feed.
• Replicate emojis if possible.
• If an image or video are included, add square brackets before the Tweet indication.

Template

Author, A. A.. [@twittername]. (Year, Month Day). Full text of tweet [Image attached/Thumbnail with link attached/etc] [Tweet]. Twitter. http://xxxxx

Example

Obama, B. [@BarackObama]. (2009, July 15). Launched American Graduation Initiative to help additional 5 mill. Americans graduate college by 2020: http://bit.ly/gcTX7 [Tweet]. Twitter. http://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/2651151366

As in-text citation:

(Obama, 2009)

Tyson, N. G. [@neiltyson]. (2019, July 15). I love the smell of the universe in the morning [Image attached] [Tweet]. Twitter. https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/1179714452553420802

As in-text citation:

(Tyson, 2019)