How do I reference and cite an online streaming video, e.g. on YouTube or a TED talk?
Answer
For YouTube videos use the name of the YouTube account as the author.
For videos on websites (that are NOT clips of a television episode or a film like a movie or documentary), use these templates:
Create a reference
Template
Author(s) last name, Initial. (Year, Month Day). Video title [Video]. Site name. https://www.link.com/...
Example
A TED talk:
Narula, H. (2019, April). The transformative power of video games [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/herman_narula_the_transformative_power_of_video_games
A TED talk found on YouTube:
TED. (2019, September 19). Pico Iyer: What ping-pong taught me about life [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=pY5UdMh6WJg
A YouTube video:
Weissman, J. (2019, November 7). Making the Popeyes chicken sandwich at home, but better [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5SYu8tyKjM
Create a citation
Template
(Author(s) last name, year)
(Author(s) last name, Year, hh:mm:ss)
Example
(Narula, 2019)
(Narual, 2019, 3:54:23)
See the APA 7 website for more information.