Reference guide for APA 7th edition

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The instructions in this section concern posts on social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn and other similar sites. NB! You should only cite information from a social media post if it is the primary source for the said information. Do not cite a post on social media on information which is available in for example a research article. 

When citing posts on Facebook, LinkedIn and other similar sites, write your reference according to the template below. Some posts will have a group author, e.g. organization, company or authority, instead of a personal author. The group author may also have a username, in which case the username is given in brackets after the name of the group author. If a username only is available, state this name as the author.

Do not forget to consult the general instructions on how to write references according to APA (7th edition), including 

• how to write in-text references,
• how to construct a reference list,
• how many authors you should list,
• how to write a reference to two or more works within the same parenthesis,
• what to do if you have several references with the same author and publication date,
• how you cite a specific part of a work,
• what to do if you cannot find the author of a work,
• what to do if you do not know when the work was published,
• when and how to use acronyms, and
• how to cite a work written in a language other than the one you are using in your text