How to Cite a Social Media in Harvard Referencing
Aprende el formato exacto con ejemplos, citas en texto y errores comunes a evitar.
Formato de cita
Plantilla básica
Creator (Year) 'First 20 words of post [...]', Platform, @username, Day Month Year, available at: URL (accessed: Day Month Year).
Componentes de la cita
Creator/Account
Full name or organization name.
Year
Year of post in parentheses.
Post Text
First 20 words in single quotation marks. Use [...] for truncation.
Platform
Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok.
Username
Format: @username
Post Date
Day Month Year
URL/Access
available at: URL (accessed: access date)
Ejemplo real
Fuente de ejemplo
World Health Organization
2023
Vaccination remains the most effective protection against serious COVID-19 [...]
@WHO
20 June 2023
https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1234567890
21 June 2023
Cita formateada
World Health Organization (2023) 'Vaccination remains the most effective protection against serious COVID-19 [...]', Twitter, @WHO, 20 June 2023, available at: https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1234567890 (accessed: 21 June 2023).
Cita en texto
(World Health Organization 2023)
(Creator Year)
Errores comunes
Incorrecto:
(WHO 2023) - using acronym without establishing first
Correcto:
(World Health Organization 2023) - use full name unless previously established
Por qué: Use full name in Harvard citations unless the acronym is universally recognized.
Incorrecto:
WHO. 2023. Vaccination post. Twitter @WHO. Posted 20 June 2023.
Correcto:
World Health Organization (2023) 'Vaccination remains the most effective protection against serious COVID-19 [...]', Twitter, @WHO, 20 June 2023, available at: URL (accessed: date).
Por qué: Use (Year), first ~20 words of actual post in quotation marks, and complete URL with access date.
Incorrecto:
(World Health Organization, 2023) - using comma
Correcto:
(World Health Organization 2023) - use space
Por qué: Harvard uses space between creator and year.
Preguntas frecuentes
Should I cite the post date or my access date? ▼
Both: post date after the username, access date at the end.
What if the post is very long? ▼
Use first 20 words or first complete sentence (whichever is shorter), then [...] to show truncation.
Can I cite retweets or reshares? ▼
Cite the original post and creator, not the account that reposted. Mention the share in your text if relevant.
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