Research Guides: AMA Style Citation Examples: Media

Video or Online Image

Films on Demand:

REFERENCE (ONLINE MOVIE)

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Group Author Name. Title of Video. Publisher; Date. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL

1. Films Media Group. Digestion and Nutrition. Films on Demand; 2015. Accessed September 30, 2025. https://digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=97348&xtid=39511

YouTube Video:

For videos, provide the author only if you are sure that person created the video. Do not list the person posting the video online as the author. If you are unsure, treat the citation as having no author.

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Author's Last Name, First and Middle Initial. Title of Video. YouTube. Date of publication in Month Day, Year. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL.

REFERENCE (WITH A DEFINITE AUTHOR)

1. Takayma-Ogawa J, Willette J. What is Information Literacy? YouTube. March 14, 2007. Accessed September 30, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbe6xBibOL4

REFERENCE (WITH NO DEFINITE AUTHOR)

2. The Positive Effects of Aging. YouTube. April 9, 2015. Accessed September 12, 2025. https://youtube.com/MASavZgwXJ8

Podcast:

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Author's Last Name, First and Middle Initial. Publication Title/Name of the Podcast. Title of the episode. Date of Publication. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL.

REFERENCE

1. Tracey, E. Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts. Sugar and Your Heart. 2015. Accessed September 12, 2025. http://podcasts.hopkinsmedicine.org/2015/11/30/december-2-2015-sugar-and-your-heart/

REFERENCE

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Author, Director or Producer's last Name and First Initial. Title [Medium]. Place of Publication: Publisher or distributor; Date of publication.

1. Soderbergh S. Traffic [DVD]. United States: GramercyPictures; 2000.

If the image is found online, as part of a web page, treat it like a Web Object:

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Author AA, Author BB or Group Author. Title of page or object. Clarifying information if necessary such as Image. Title of website. Published Month Day, Year or Updated Month Day, Year. Accessed Month Day, Year. URL.

1. Centers for Disease Control. West Nile Virus transmission cycle. Image. CDC. 2009. Accessed September 30, 2025. https://cdc.gov/westnile/transmission/index.html

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