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APA 7 Style Guide

CITING AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA IN APA

Format

Album:

Recording artist. (Year of release). Title of album [Album]. Record label.

Single Song or Track:

Recording artist. (Year of release). Title of song [Song]. On Title of album [Album]. Record label. 

Podcast:

Executive Producer, E. P. (Executive Producer). (Range of publication). Title of podcast [Audio podcast]. Production company. URL unless podcast app was used

Single Podcast Episode:

Executive Producer, E. P. (Executive Producer). (Date of publication). Title of podcast episode (Episode number) [Audio podcast episode]. In Title of podcast. Production company. URL unless podcast app was used

 

Examples

Album:

Beyoncé. (2016). Lemonade [Album]. Parkwood Entertainment.

Single Song or Track:

Beyoncé. (2016). Formation [Song]. On Lemonade [Album]. Parkwood Entertainment.

Podcast:

Glass, I. (Executive Producer). (1995–present). This American life [Audio podcast]. WBEZ Chicago. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/

Single Podcast Episode:

Glass, I. (Executive Producer). (2022, September 30). Setting the record straight (No. 780) [Audio podcast episode]. In This American life. WBEZ Chicago. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/

Format

Visual Work in a Museum or on a Museum Website:

Creator, C. C. (Date of publication). Title of visual work [Visual work type]. Name of Museum, City, State, Country. DOI or URL if available

Visual Work Not Associated with a Museum:

Creator, C. C. (Date of publication). Title of visual work [Visual work type]. Source. DOI or URL if available


Types of Visual Works

Clip art, Infographic, Lithograph, Map, Painting, Photograph, PowerPoint slides, Stock image, etc.


Examples

Visual Work in a Museum or on a Museum Website:

Hokusai, K. (1847). Thunder god [Painting]. Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, D.C., United States. https://asia.si.edu/object/F1900.47/

Visual Work Not Associated with a Museum:

Gunn, C. (2021, September 25). The James Webb Space Telescope en route [Photograph]. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/51589376523/in/album-72157720000770033/

Format

Film:

Director, D. D. (Director). (Year of release). Title of motion picture [Film]. Production company.

TV Series:

Executive Producer, P. P. (Executive Producer). (Date range of release). Title of series [TV series]. Production company(s).

TV Episode:

Writer, W. W. (Writer), & Director, D. D. (Director). (Original air date). Title of episode (Season number, Episode number) [TV series episode]. In P. Executive Producer (Executive Producer), Series title. Production company(s).

Online Video:

Person or group who uploaded video. (Date of publication). Title of video [Video]. Website host. URL 

 

Examples

Film:

Sanders, C., & DeBlois, D. (Directors). (2010). How to train your dragon [Film]. DreamWorks Animation.

TV Series:

Crane, D., Kauffman, M., & Bright, K. S. (Executive Producers). (1994–2004). Friends [TV series]. Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions; Warner Bros. Television.

TV Episode:

Condon, J., & Toomin, A. (Writers), & Bright, K. S. (Director). (1998, January 15). The one with the embryos (Season 4, Episode 12) [TV series episode]. In D. Crane, M. Kauffman & K. S. Bright (Executive Producers), Friends. Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions; Warner Bros. Television.

Online Video:

Maizen. (2022, September 3). Escape or get eaten as pigs in Minecraft [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC-pFk4bEGk