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AGLC - Referencing Guide

Social Media; Podcasts; Videos

Rule 7.16 Social Media Posts

  Username should appear as it does on the Social Media Platform

  Podcast titles should appear as they do on the podcast listening platform

  Twitter usernames should include the '@'

  Include the Twitter Post's author's name in parenthesis after the username, preceded by a space, if this is not clear from the username

  Pinpoint reference should be to a point in time or time span (rule 1.11.3–1.11.4)

 Username , ' Title ' ( Social Media Platform ,  Full Date ,  Time ) < URL >.

Rule 7.14 Film, Television and Other Media

  Video and audio recordings uploaded to social media platforms (such as YouTube) should be cited using rule 7.16

  Omit the episode title when citing films or audiovisual recordings

  Include the version details if the version is not the standard version (eg 'Director's Cut', 'Uncensored Version')

  Pinpoint reference should be to a point in time or time span (rule 1.11.3–1.11.4)

' Episode Title ',  Film Title/Series Title  ( Version Details ,  Studio/Production Company/Producer ,  Year )  Pinpoint .

Format

Standard format for citation

Film, television or other media:

  ' Episode Title ',  Film Title/Series Title  ( Version Details ,  Studio/Production   Company/Producer ,  Year )  Pinpoint  < URL >.

 

Social media, videos:

    Username , ' Title ' ( Social Media Platform ,  Full Date ,  Time )  Pinpoint  < URL >.

 

Standard format for bibliography

Film, television or other media:

  ' Episode Title ',  Film Title/Series Title  ( Version Details ,  Studio/Production   Company/Producer ,  Year 

 

Social media, videos:

    Username , ' Title ' ( Social Media Platform ,  Full Date )

Footnote Examples

Podcasts and Radio Segments

1 'Dan Drezner on "The Ideas Industry"', The Lawfare Podcast (Lawfare Institute, 17 June 2017) <https://www.lawfareblog.com/lawfare-podcast-ideas-industry>.

2 'Inventions: Who Owns Them?', The Law Report (ABC Radio National, 8 September 2009) <https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lawreport/inventions-who-owns-them/3126998>.

Social Media

3 'Khan Academy (Facebook, 3 September 2014, 1:10am AEST) <https://www.facebook.com/khanacademy/posts/10152674247853442>.

4 chapteriiibestbits (instagram, 21 July 2016 AEST) <https://www.instagram.com/p/BIICBevgk31>.

5 @s_m_stephenson (Scott Stephenson) (Twitter, 17 July 2017, 9:37pm AEST) <https://twitter.com/s_m_stephenson/status/887169425551441921>, archived at <https:perma.cc/7A63-G2RT>.

YouTube Videos

6 Brooking Creative Labs, 'Is America Dreaming?: Understanding Social Mobility' (YouTube, 20 July 2015) 00:00:00—00:01:00 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG6-UaBECN4>.

Film

7 Blade Runner: The Final Cut (Ladd Company, 2007).

8 The Dark Knight (Warner Brothers Pictures, 2008) 0:54:58—0:55:11.

Television

9 'Season 9, Episode 10', Gruen (Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2017).

10 'The Paradise Papers', Four Corners (Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2017) 0:40:00—0:45:00 <https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/the-paradise-papers/9124930>.


See the All Examples page for examples of in-text and reference list entries for specific resources such as articles, books, social media, and web pages.