Facebook References

This page contains reference examples for Facebook, including the following:

1. Facebook post

News From Science. (2019, June 21). Are you a fan of astronomy? Enjoy reading about what scientists have discovered in our solar system—and beyond? This [Image attached] [Status update]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ScienceNOW/photos/a.117532185107/10156268057260108/?type=3&theater

Use the name associated with the account as the name in the reference.
Provide the specific date of the post.
Provide the first 20 words of the post as the title. Count a URL or other link, 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.
If a post includes images, videos, thumbnail links to outside sources, or content from another post (such as when sharing a link), indicate that in square brackets.
Describe the post type (e.g., “[Status update],” “[Video]”) in square brackets after any description of attached content.
Credit Facebook as the site name in the source element and then provide the URL of the post.

Community of Multiculturalism. (n.d.). Home [Facebook page]. Facebook. Retrieved October 14, 2020, from https://www.facebook.com/communityofmulticulturalism/

Use the page title in the reference (e.g., “Home,” “About,” “Reviews”). Italicize the page title.
Include the notation “[Facebook page]” in square brackets.
Provide a retrieval date because the content is designed to change over time and is not archived.
Provide the URL of the page.

Facebook references are covered in Section 10.15 of the APA Publication Manual, Seventh Edition

Date created: February 2020