Blog Post and Blog Comment References
This page contains reference examples for blog posts, including the following:
1. Blog post
Ouellette, J. (2019, November 15). Physicists capture first footage of quantum knots unraveling in superfluid. Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/study-you-can-tie-a-quantum-knot-in-a-superfluid-but-it-will-soon-untie-itself/
- Parenthetical citation: (Ouellette, 2019)
- Narrative citation: Ouellette (2019)
- Blog posts follow the same format as journal articles.
- Italicize the name of the blog, the same as you would a journal title.
2. Comment on a blog post
joachimr. (2019, November 19). We are relying on APA as our university style format - the university is located in Germany (Kassel). So I [Comment on the blog post “The transition to seventh edition APA Style”]. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/transition-seventh-edition#comment-4694866690
- Parenthetical citation: (joachimr, 2019)
- Narrative citation: joachimr (2019)
- Cite the person who left the comment as the author using the format that appears with the comment (i.e., a real name or a username). The example shows a username.
- Provide the comment title or up to the first 20 words of the comment; then write “Comment on the blog post” and the full title of post on which the comment appeared (in quotation marks and sentence case, enclosed within square brackets).
- Link to the comment itself if possible. Otherwise, link to the blog post.
Blog post references are covered in Section 10.1 of the APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition
This guidance has been revised from the 6th edition.