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Theories of Mass Communication (20-320)

Journals

NOTE: To standardize citations, all DOIs need to be proceeded by https://doi.org/ before the DOI number

REFERENCE (ONE AUTHOR)

(For more examples, see p. 317 of the 7th edition)

[ APA Citing Example - Journal article with DOI ]

 

IN TEXT 

Parenthetical: (Robbins, 2015).

Narrative: Robbins (2015)

REFERENCE (TWO AUTHORS)

Kowalski, R. M., & Limber, S. P. (2013). Psychological, physical, and academic correlates of cyberbullying and traditional bullying. Journal of Adolescent Health, 53(1), S13-S20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.201209.018

IN TEXT 

Parenthetical citation: (Kowalski & Limber, 2013).

Narrative citation: Kowalski and Limber (2013)

REFERENCE (21 or more authors)

Acconcia, T. V., Agocs, A. G., Barile, F., Barnafoldi, G. G., Bellwied, R., Bencedi, G., Bencze, G., Berenyi, D., Boldizsar, L., Chattopadhyay, S., Cindolo, F., Cossyleon, K., Chinellato, D. D., D'Ambrosio, S., Das, D., Das, K., Das-Bose, L., Dash, A. K., De Cataldo, G., . . . Yoo, I.;-K. (2014). A very high momentum particle identification detector. The European Physical Journal Plus, 129(5), 91- . https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2014-14091-5

IN TEXT (3 or more authors)

Parenthetical citation: (Acconcia et al., 2014).

Narrative citation: Acconcia et al. (2014) 

REFERENCE (ONE AUTHOR)

(For more examples, see p. 317 of the 7th edition)

[ APA Citing Example - Journal article without DOI from a database or print version ]

 

  IN TEXT  

    Parenthetical citation: (Almazroui, 2015).
    Narrative citation: Almazroui (2015)

 

(For more examples, see p. 317 of the 7th edition)

REFERENCE (ONE AUTHOR)

[ APA Citing Example - Journal article without DOI, with a nondatabase URL  ]

IN TEXT  

    Parenthetical citation: (Stamps, 2019).
    Narrative citation: Stamps (2019)

 

REFERENCE (TWO AUTHORS)

[ APA Citing Example - Journal article without DOI, with a nondatabase URL  ]

 

IN TEXT  

    Parenthetical citation: (Akin & Huang, 2019).
    Narrative citation: Akin and Huang (2019)

REFERENCE (TWO AUTHORS)

Napoli, P. M., & Napoli, A. B. (2019). What social media platforms can learn from audience measurement: Lessons in the self-regulation of "black boxes". First Monday, 24(12), 488-497. https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/
article/view/10124/8288

IN TEXT 

Parenthetical citation: (Napoli & Napoli, 2019).

Narrative citation: Napoli and Napoli (2019)

Web

REFERENCE (ONE AUTHOR)

(For more examples, see p. 350-352 of the 7th edition or visit the APA Style site)
*Please note: If multiple webpages from a website are cited, create a reference for each.  If mentioning a website in general, do not create a reference list entry or in-text citation. Instead, include the name of the website in text and provide the URL in parentheses.

If the author's name and the website's name are the same, omit the website's name from the reference.

[ APA Webpage ]

  IN TEXT 

Parenthetical citation: (Buterbaugh, 2016).

Narrative citation: Buterbaugh (2016)

REFERENCE (FIVE AUTHORS)

Annetta, L. A., Murray, M. R., Laird, S. G., Bohr, S. C., & Park, J. C. (2006, January 1). Serious games: Incorporating video games in the classroom. EDUCAUSE. http://er.educause.edu/articles/2006/1/serious-games-incorporating-video-games-in-the-classroom

IN TEXT 

Parenthetical citation: (Annetta et al., 2006).

Narrative citation: Annetta et al. (2006)

REFERENCE (ONE AUTHOR)

(For more examples, see p. 351 of the 7th edition)
*Please note: If multiple webpages from a website are cited, create a reference for each.  If mentioning a website in general, do not create a reference list entry or in-text citation. Instead, include the name of the website in text and provide the URL in parentheses.

[ APA webpage with a group author ]

 

     IN TEXT 

Parenthetical citation: (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019).

Narrative citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019)

REFERENCE (NO AUTHOR)

(For more examples, see p. 291 and p. 329 example 49 of the 7th edition)

[ APA webpage with no author ]

 

      IN TEXT 

Parenthetical citation: ("Helping the Student," 2015).

Narrative citation: "Helping the Student" (2015)

REFERENCE (NO AUTHOR AND NO DATE)

Anxiety disorder symptoms, causes and effects. (n.d.). PsychGuides. http://www.psychguides.com/guides/anxiety-disorder-symptoms-causes-and-effects

 

IN TEXT 

Parenthetical citation: ("Anxiety disorder symptoms," n.d.).

Narrative citation: "Anxiety disorder symptoms" (n.d.)

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