Personal Communication and Social Media
Personal Letter
Email Message
Begin with the writer's name and the subject line. Then write "Received by," followed by the name of the recipient and the date of the message.
Text Message
Online Discussion List Post
Begin with the author's name, followed by the title or subject line, in quotation marks (use the label "Online posting," with no quotation marks, if the post has no title). Then proceed as for a work from a website (see Work from a Website entry).
Social Media Post
Begin with the writer's screen name, followed by the real name in parentheses, if both are given. For a tweet, use the entire post as the title, in quotation marks. for other media, give a title if the post has one. if it does not, use the label "Post," without quotation marks in place of a title. Give the date of the post, the time (if the post specifies one), and the URL.
You can find a more detailed list of social media citations on our Social Media Guide.
Work Cited
Hacker, Diana. A Writer's Reference. Tenth edition. Boston ; New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2021. Print.