To cite a YouTube video:
Direct quotation without pagination
Use the time stamp for the beginning of a direct quotation taken for a YouTube video.
For example:
People make “sweeping inferences and judgments from body language” (Cuddy, 2012, 2:12)
To reference a YouTube video:
Bracketed descriptions
To identify works outside of peer-reviewed academic literature (articles and books), add a succinct description of the work in square brackets following the title, and end with a full stop.
The bracketed description for a YouTube video is [Video].
For example:
Stanford Graduate School of Business. (2013, June 12). Ken Chenault: Reinventing your brand [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9kxiNLQuZM
The guidelines outlined above can be applied on any online video.
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