APA (7th Ed.) Referencing Guide (Online): Ted Talk

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In text citations: TED Talk from the TED website

Example:

Eban (2020) describes... OR ...(Eban, 2012).

Reference list: TED Talk from the TED website

Speaker. (Year, Month Day). Title [Video]. TED Conferences. URL

Example:

Eban, K. (2020 March). A dose of reality about generic drugs [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/katherine_eban_a_dose_of_reality_about_generic_drugs?subtitle=en

In text citations: TED Talk from YouTube

Example:

TED (2019) states that... OR ...(TED, 2019).

NB: When the speaker is not listed as the author, integrate their name into the narrative if desired:

Shane explained that the artificial intelligence technically “did what they asked it to do—they just accidentally asked it to do the wrong thing” (TED, 2019, 8:51).

Reference list: TED Talk from YouTube

TED. (Year, Month Day). Title | Speaker [Video]. YouTube. URL

Example:

TED. (2019, November 13). The danger of AI is weirder than you think Janelle Shane [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhCzX0iLnOc

NB: When the TED Talk is on YouTube, list the owner of the YouTube account (here, TED) as the author to aid in retrieval.

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