I've cited a few Podcasts and I agree it would be useful to have an agreed approach but I'd suggest that whilst Podcasts are usually downloaded via an aggregator (such as iTunes or juice) the file will not stay in the xml feed for long and for citation you'd need to link to the actual mp3 file. Inline citation should include the date or episode number for easy reference, e.g "DSC391" and so on cheers Rich Richard Berry Community Radio Project Manager Admissions Tutor: BA (Hons) Media Production (TV & Radio)and BA (hons) Broadcast Journalism The Media Centre University of Sunderland http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/radio http://www.radiostudiesnetwork.org.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Halavais <halavais@gmail.com> Date: Tuesday, August 1, 2006 8:27 pm Subject: [Air-l] Citing Podcasts
On 8/1/06, David Brake <d.r.brake@lse.ac.uk> wrote: <snip>
Negroponte, N. (2006) "Ted Talk: Nicholas Negroponte". in New York, February, 2006, http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/
But that doesn't tell you it is a podcast and crucially it doesnt tell you that the part I cited is 5 minutes, 42 seconds in. This useful guide to Harvard citation http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/> using/harvard_system.html says BS:5605:1990 http://www.mamc.ac.in/ British.pdf doesnt include recommendations for electronic sources. Is there an advanced Harvard Style Lab somewhere coming up with standards for this stuff? What would you do? Should I just make up my own style?
I think that David's question worthwhile, and it comes up in citing blogs and other electronic media as well. In fact, we have earlier threads here, I believe, about whether citations to web sites should be by site, or by individual page, or some other indicator.
I think what is most important about a citation is findability. So, generally, if I can find the resource at a URL, I'll list the URL. But given the capriciousness of URLs, more information is often needed as a "backup," if this original citation fails.
For net resources I *expect* are likely to change, I have often considered citing a copy of the page archived by the Internet Archive, or my archived copy of the page. Or, alternatively, provide a link to a copy of the bibliography that can be automatically or manually updated. If the latter were used, it could also provide something like a trackback mechanism to do links forward.
- Alex
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