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APA Style (7th Edition) Guide: Audiovisual

This guide will help you cite your documents in using the APA 7th ed. publication manula.

Audiovisual

The reference entry for artwork can include paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints, drawings, digital art, crafts, and installations. The author entry is the artist of the artwork, followed by the date of the artwork in parentheses, the title in italic, when there is no title include a brief description in square brackets, the description of the medium in square brackets [Painting] or [Oil painting], etc., name and location of the museum, and ends with the URL of the artwork.

Example (artwork):

van Gogh, V. (1889). The starry night [Painting]. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, United States.

https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/vincent-van-gogh-the-starry-night-1889/

 

The author entry is the curator(s) of the exhibit, if the curator is unknown, then begin the reference entry with the title of the exhibit, followed by the date of the exhibit in parentheses, the title in italic, the word Exhibition in square brackets, name and location of the museum, and ends with the URL of the exhibit.

Example (exhibit):

Martinez, J.-L., & Douar, F. (2018–2019). Archaeology goes graphic [Exhibition]. The Louvre, Paris, France.

             https://www.louvre.fr/en/expositions/archaeology-goes-graphic

Always write an APA Style copyright attribution and reference list entry for any image unless the license indicates no reference or attribution is needed.

Example (image, attribution required):

The copyright attribution is included in the figure note.

Denali National Park and Preserve. (2013). Lava [Photograph]. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/denalinps/8639280606/

Example (image, attribution not required):

If the license explicitly says that no attribution is required, only add the figure number, figure title, the image and a brief description below the image.

No reference entry or in-text citation is required.

The reference entry includes the contributor's name and their role in parentheses. If the contributor has multiple roles separate them by an ampersand Johnson, R. (Director & Writer), the year or exact date in parentheses, the title of the film or TV episode, the word Film or TV series episode in square brackets, name of the production company.

Example (film/movie):

Verrette, T. (Director). (2021). Zero gravity [Film]. Skylight Cinema; 20th Digital Studio.

Example (TV episode):

Sarafian, R.C. (Director), & Sohl, J. (Writer). (1963, November 1). Living doll (Season 5, Episode 6) [TV series episode].

In R. Serling (Executive Producer), The twilight zone. Cayuga Productions; CBS Productions.

The reference entry includes the name of the announcer, date of the radio broadcast, title of the broadcast in italics, the phrase Radio broadcast in square brackets. publisher and ends with the URL of the broadcast.

Example:

Mottram, L. (2020, January 8). Hazard reduction burning is not a panacea to bushfire risk: Expert [Radio broadcast]. ABC.

       https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/pm/thinned-forests-can-be-more-prone-to-fire,-expert-says/11853280

The reference entry includes the person or group who uploaded the video, the date it was uploaded, title of the video in italics, the word Video in square brackets, the site name YouTube and ends with the URL of the video.

Example:

Harvard University. (2019, August 28). Soft robotic gripper for jellyfish [Video]. YouTube.

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guRoWTYfxMs

The reference entry includes the instructor(s), year of course creation (if known), title of the course, site that hosts the course, and URL. The URL of the lecture should take the reader to the main page of the course

Example (online course):

Jackson, M. O., Leyton-Brown, K., & Shoham, Y. (n.d.). Game theory [Mooc]. Coursera. https://www.coursera.org/learn/game-theory-1

Example (online course lecture):

Tangen, J. (2016). Episode 2: I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before [Mooc lecture]. In E. MacKenzie, J. Tangen,

& M. Thompson, The science of everyday thinking. edX. https://www.edx.org/course/the-science-of-everyday-thinking

Example (online PowerPoint):

Jones, J. (2016, March 23). Guided reading: Making the most of it [PowerPoint slides]. SlideShare.

          https://www.slideshare.net/hellojenjones/guided-reading-making-the-most-of-it

 

If your audience can login to the course, use the login URL. If your audience cannot access the course, the refernce should be a personal communication.

 

Example: (classroom PowerPoint):

Montalvo, R., & Feliciano, G. (2020). Citing images in presentations [PowerPoint slides]. Ecourses.

 https://ecourses.uprm.edu/custom/my_login.html

The reference entry includes the host(s), executive producer, if available, date when podcast aired, episode title, episode number (in parentheses), the phrase Audio podcast episode in square brackets, the word In then in italics the title of the podcast, and ends with the URL of the episode.

Example:

Hannah-Jones, N. (Host). (2019, September 13). How the bad blood started (No. 4) [Audio podcast episode]. In 1619.

The New York Times. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-4-how-the-bad-blood-started/id1476928106?i=1000449718223

The reference entry includes the speaker, the year of the transcript, title in italic, the phrase Speech transcript in square brackets, the site name and ends with the URL of the transcript.

Example (speech transcript):

Bryan, W. J. (2010). Against imperialism [Speech transcript]. American Rhetoric.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/PDFFiles/William%20Jennings%20Bryan%20-%20Imperialism.pdf (Original work published 1900)

Example (podcast transcript):

Cornish, A. (Host). (2017, May 17). This simple puzzle test sealed the fate of immigrants at Ellis Island [Audio podcast

transcript]. In All things considered. NPR. http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=528813842