APA Style Guide

Audiovisual media are any works primarily visual and/or audio. 

Basic Audiovisual Media Citation:

Author, A. A. (Author title). (Date or date range). Title of work [Type of media]. Publisher. URL

Film Example:

Singleton, J. (Director). (1991). Boyz n the hood [Film]. Columbia Pictures. 

Sang-ho, Y. (Director). (2016). Busanhaeng [Train to Busan] [Film]. Next Entertainment World; RedPeter Film. 

TV Series Example:

del Pilar Fernández, M. (Executive Producer). (1999–2001). Yo soy Betty, la fea [I am Betty, the ugly one] [TV series]. Radio Cadena Nacional. 

TV Episode Example:

Allegri, N. (Writer), Campbell, J. (Writer), & Herpich, T. (Writer), Cross, N. (Art Director), Alvarez, R. (Director), Leichliter, L. (Director), Houchins, E. (Director), Bruce, K. (Animation Director), & Cash, N. (Supervising Director). (2014, November 7). The unknown (Season 1, Episode 10) [TV series episode]. In P. McHale, J. Pelphrey, C. Lelash, B. A. Miller, & Rob Sorcher (Executive Producers), Over the garden wall. Cartoon Network Studios. 

Webinar Example:

Colon-Rivera, H. (2019, January 29). Telepsychiatry's role in medication assisted treatment [Webinar]. American Psychiatric Association. https://education.psychiatry.org/Users/ProductDetails.aspx?ActivityID=6480&_ga=2.33127034.571928213.1579650969-122205953.1579650969

Online Streaming Video Examples:

Stevens, M. [Vsauce]. (2012, August 18). What if everyone jumped at once? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHbyQ_AQP8c

TED. (2016, February 1). This is what happens when you reply to spam email | James Veitch [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QdPW8JrYzQ

Waititi, T. (2010, October). Why humor is key to creativity [Video]. TEDxDoha. https://www.ted.com/talks/taika_waititi_why_humor_is_key_to_creativity

Podcast Series Example:

Koenig, S. (Host). (2014–present). Serial [Audio podcast]. This American Life. https://serialpodcast.org/

Podcast Episode Example:

Jamali, L. (Host). (2020, January 21). A victory for homeless 'Moms 4 Housing' in Oakland [Audio podcast episode]. In The California Report. KQED. https://www.kqed.org/news/11797055/a-victory-for-homeless-moms-4-housing-in-oakland

Classical Music Album Example:

Beethoven, L. van. (2002). 3 sonatas for flute and piano [Album recorded by F. Pagnini and S. Malferrari]. Nuevo Era. (Original work published 1802)

Classical Music Song Example:

Strauss, R. (2005). Also sprach Zarathustra [Song recorded by London Philharmonic Orchestra]. On Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan, four last songs. EMI Classics. (Original work published 1896)

Modern Music Album Example:

Bellafonte, H. (1956). Calypso [Album]. RCA Victor. 

Modern Music Song Example:

Modest Mouse. (2004). Float on [Song]. On Good news for people who love bad news. Epic. 

Audio Recording:

Gifford, W. S., & Murray, E. P. (1927, January 7). First transatlantic telephone call [Audio recording]. History. https://www.history.com/speeches/first-transatlantic-telephone-call

Include the medium in brackets after the title, e.g. photograph, painting, infographic, map, etc. If the work is untitled, include a brief description in brackets where the title would be. 

Artwork Example:

Magritte, R. (1929). La Trahison des images [The treachery of images] [Painting]. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, United States. https://collections.lacma.org/node/239578

Photograph Examples:

Boutke, M. (1946). Ghandi and the Spinning Wheel [Photograph]. Life. http://100photos.time.com/photos/margaret-bourke-white-gandhi-spinning-wheel

Taal volcano - 12 January 2020 [Photograph]. (2020, January 12). Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Taal_Volcano_-_12_January_2020.jpg&oldid=387548614

Map Example:

Paxton, B. N. (1935). Map of Cherokee Drift Mining Co.'s under-ground workings, Cherokee, Butte County, California [Map]. Cherokee Drift Mining Co.