Comments on: How to cite a YouTube video in MLA https://www.scribbr.com/mla/youtube-citation/ The checkpoint for your thesis Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:41:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.2 By: Shona McCombes https://www.scribbr.com/mla/youtube-citation/#comment-294350 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:34:18 +0000 https://www.scribbr.nl/?p=74128#comment-294350 In reply to Anna-Lena.

Hi Anna-Lena,

MLA doesn’t provide any specific guidelines for citing YouTube comments, but you can use the general template of core elements to create an appropriate citation. The most important thing is to make sure your reader can easily locate the relevant comments themselves.

I’d suggest following a similar format to citing a tweet: list the commenter’s username as author, followed by the text of the comment in quotation marks (shortened if necessary). You can add a label to clarify that this is a YouTube comment. Then include details of the video as container. So, for example:

Anna-L. “Thanks for the help!” YouTube comment. “Develop a Theoretical Framework in 3 Steps.” YouTube, uploaded by Scribbr, 10 Jan. 2021, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y1BAqOnhMM.

I hope that helps!

]]> By: Anna-Lena https://www.scribbr.com/mla/youtube-citation/#comment-292773 Sat, 16 Jan 2021 09:53:53 +0000 https://www.scribbr.nl/?p=74128#comment-292773 I need your help.
Do you know how to quote YouTube comments? I want to use them in terms of the audience’s reactions to the video.
It would be nice if you have some tips for me.

Best regards
Anna-Lena

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