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Centria Guide for Thesis and Academic Writing

Social media (Facebook, X)

Facebook update
 

The words status update or publication can also be used instead of update.

 

In-text reference

(Yle Selkouutiset 2020)

 

In the list of references

Yle Selkouutiset. Facebook update 13 May 2020. Available at: https://www.facebook.com/yleselkouutiset/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf. Accessed 14 May 2020.

 

If there are several updates on the same date, also the first sentence of the update can be included in the list of references so the source can be found more easily.

Yle Selkouutiset. Onko sinusta hyvä asia, että koulut taas alkavat? Facebook update 13.5.2020. Available at: https://www.facebook.com/yleselkouutiset/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf. Accessed 14 May 2020.

 

Message service X (formerly known as Twitter)
 

X messages can also serve as source materials. The @ sign does not affect the alphabetical order in the list of references.

 

In-text reference

(@SuomenAkatemia 2020)

 

In the list of references

@SuomenAkatemia 2020. Tweet 16 May 2020. Twitter microblogging service. Available at: https://twitter.com/SuomenAkatemia/status/1260934274468872193. Accessed 15 May 2020.