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Chicago Style Guide

Social Media

Footnote:
1. Name of Facebook page, accessed Month Date, Year. URL.

Bibliography:
Name of Facebook page. Accessed Month Date, Year. URL.

 

Footnote

Bibliography

Facebook

1. Stephan Hawking's Facebook page, accessed March 12, 2014. https://www.facebook.com/stephenhawking/.

Stephan Hawking's Facebook page. Accessed March 12,  2014. https://www.facebook.com/stephenhawking/.

Twitter

1. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Twitter post, June 6, 2016, 8:00 am, https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/739834342411763715.

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Twitter post, June 6, 2016, 8:00 am, https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/739834342411763715.

Podcasts

1. Elizabeth Gilbert, Dear Creativity and Fear, Magic Lessons, accessed June 16, 2016, http://www.elizabethgilbert.com/magic-lessons/.

Gilbert, Elizabeth. Dear Creativity and Fear. Podcast audio. Magic Lessons. Accessed June 16, 2016. http://www.elizabethgilbert.com/magic-lessons/. 

Blog Entries & Comments

Normally cited as footnotes only. If you frequently cite a blog in your report, you may choose to include it in your bibliography.

1. JP Robinson, "Introducing Gizmo," Open (blog), December 17, 2015, http://open.blogs.nytimes.com/. 

1. John Smith, December 18, 2015, comment on JP Robinson, "Introducing Gizmo," Open (blog), December 17, 2015, http://open.blogs.nytimes.com/. 

 
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