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Writing and Citing: APA 7th Edition: Audiovisual Materials

A guide to help users create citations using American Psychological Association Style, 7th edition.

Visual Materials

Movies/Film:
Director Last Name, First Initial. (Director). (Year). Title of video [Film]. Production company.

Example:

Scorcese, M. (Director). (2019). The Irishman (Film). TriBeCa Productions.

YouTube:

When citing YouTube videos, use the username of the account as the author.  

Username. (Date). Title of video: Subtitle [Video]. YouTube. URL 

Example:

Renown Health. (2017, May 12). Community health, population health and public health: Understanding the differences [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ag3g_iHzuM 

Movies/Film:

When citing movies, use the last name of the producer as the author.

(Scorcese, 2019) -parenthetical

Scorcese (2019) -narative

Youtube:

When citing YouTube videos, use the username of the account as the author. 

(Renown Health, 2017) -parenthetical 

Renown Health (2017) -narrative 

Audio Materials

Podcast:

Author Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. OR Author screen name. (Producer). (Year, Month Day {of podcast}). Title of podcast [Audio podcast]. URL

Music Recording:

Writer Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial. (Copyright year). Title of song [Recorded by B.B. Artist if different from writer].  On Title of album [Medium of recording: CD, record, cassette, etc.]. Location: Label. (Date of recording if different from song copyright date).