APA Style - 7th edition: Media Sources

To write a reference entry for a YouTube video you need the following pieces of information:

• Author(s) (If an actual person's name is not used, you can use their screen name)
• Date (normally year, month day)
• Title followed by [Video file]
• URL - should be a live hyperlink
• Examples and more information can be found on pages 342-344 of the manual

Example:

Young, A. (2016, May 1). Plagiarism 101: Lesson one [Video file]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly_AeH14t5M

To write a reference entry for a podcast you need the following pieces of information:

• Author(s)/Producer(s) name
• Date (normally year, month day)
• Podcast title and episode number if given followed by [Audio podcast]
• URL - should be a live hyperlink. If the URL was accessed via an app, you omit the URL
• Example and more information can be found on page 345 of the manual

Example:

Farley, K., & Lipton, R. (Hosts). (2016, October 1). Plagiarism (No. 10) [Audio podcast episode]. In Lemonade: When life gives you lemons make a podcast.

To write a reference entry for a movie you need the following pieces of information:

• Director(s) - this takes the place of the author
• Year of publication
• Title of the movie followed by [Fim]
• Name of the movie studio

Example:

Reitman, I. (Director). (1984). Ghostbusters [Film]. Columbia Pictures.