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Unless the content you are taking a screenshot of belongs to you, you should cite the source as usual, in ... AcademiaStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforacademicsandthoseenrolledinhighereducation.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore HowshouldIciteascreenshotinAPAstyleformystudentpaper? AskQuestion Asked 7years,3monthsago Modified 1year,3monthsago Viewed 71ktimes 2 1 Whenaddingareferencetoanimagethatisascreenshot,whatistheproperwaytociteinAPAstyle? Also,whoisconsideredtheartistinthiscase?Thepersonwhotookthescreenshot,thewebsitewhereI'vefoundtheimageorthecreatorofthesoftware? graphicscitation-style Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedFeb20,2015at9:19 enthu 7,3801212goldbadges4444silverbadges8080bronzebadges askedDec6,2014at14:28 curiouscurious 1,01011goldbadge1212silverbadges1818bronzebadges Addacomment  |  2Answers 2 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 2 GenericAPAformatforwebsitesandthelikeis: Author,A.(date).Titleofdocument[Formatdescription].Retrievedfromhttp://URL Inyourcase,Author,A.wouldbe(IMHO)theauthorofthescreenshot,Titleofdocumentwouldbesomethingdescriptiveoftheimage(probablydependsonwhatyouwanttohighlight/whyyou're"citing"theimage),Formatdescriptionwouldbesomethinginthelinesof"Image,screencapture". Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredFeb20,2015at10:28 d_l_bd_l_b 6133bronzebadges Addacomment  |  2 Unlessthecontentyouaretakingascreenshotofbelongstoyou,youshouldcitethesourceasusual,inordertoavoidpresentingsomeoneelse'sideasasyourown(i.e.plagiarism).However,inAPA,squarebracketsmaybeusedtoaddclaritywhenasourceisunusual. So,forexample,ifyouwerecitingaregularjournalarticleitwouldlooklike: Last,F.M.(year).Titleofarticle:Subtitle.JournalTitle,volume#(issue#),pagespan.doi: Ifyouweretakingascreenshotofthisjournalarticle,Ibelieveyouwouldciteitthesameway,exceptnotethescreenshotformatfollowingthetitle. Soitmightlooksomethinglike: Smith,J.D.(2020).Psychologyofcitations:Anethnographicstudy[ScreenshotbyINSERTNAME].FakeJournal,3(2),24-37.doi:10/12345x12345 Idon'tthinkthereissectionintheAPA7theditionstyleguidethatspecificallymentionsscreenshots,sothisismybestguess.It'snotliketakingaphotograph,ofwhichyouwouldinmostcasesbetheundisputedauthor. TL;DR:Theimportantthingistoclearlystatewhenyouaresharingsomeoneelse'sworkorideas,sopersonallyIwouldadviseagainstcitingyourselfastheauthorofascreenshot;citethesourceofthescreenshotinstead(e.g.webpage,movie,etc.)andmerelyindicatewhattypeofsourceitis(i.e.ascreenshot)followedthenameofthepersonwhotookthescreenshotinsquarebrackets. Share Improvethisanswer Follow answeredNov24,2020at17:11 user132030user132030 2111bronzebadge Addacomment  |  Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedgraphicscitation-style. FeaturedonMeta StackExchangeQ&AaccesswillnotberestrictedinRussia WhatgoesintositesponsorshipsonSE? 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