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CHIC 303 Digital Exhibit (Dr. Gradilla): Using Hosted Media

Embedded Hosted Media & Copyright

Many cultural heritage institutions, government agencies, other nonprofits, and news organizations publish hosted media content that is publicly viewable, publicly shareable, and can often get embedded into digital projects like blog posts, web pages, and your ArcGIS digital exhibit platform. This type of hosted shareable media content can be found on those organization's websites and social media channels. While those organizations usually hold copyright for that media – except for U.S. federal government agencies whose work resides in the public domain – they are allowing that digital media to be linked to and embedded elsewhere. Embedding content provided by those organizations on their official websites and social media channels does not violate copyright since embedding content is just another form of linking to their content. This content does not get downloaded by you and then uploaded somewhere else.

Examples of Embeddable Digital Media

Example Embedded Instagram Post

Following is an example of a hosted, shareable, embedded photo. It is a post by La Plaza de Cultura y Artes on their Instagram channel, which they are allowing other people to freely shared (through embed code) on other websites.

Example Image Caption with APA In-Text Citation

La Plaza de Cultura y Artes in downtown Los Angeles hosts a free monthly Milpa Series that teaches "... urban gardening while nurturing a balanced and thriving ecosystem." (LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, 2025).

Example APA Reference List Entry

LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes [@laplazala]. (2025, June 4). " 🌽 Did you know that since March, a group of Angelenos have been gathering monthly at LA Plaza to learn" [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/DKfkIESTRLi/

NOTE: Most web platforms, like this one and your digital exhibit platform, do not provide the ability to add a hanging indent, which is proper form for APA reference list entries. You can try to copy and past a formatted reference list from Word or Google Docs, but that does not always work.

Example Embedded YouTube Video

Following is an example of a hosted, shareable, embedded video. It is a post by People and Plants International on their YouTube channel, which they are allowing other people to freely shared (through embed code) on other websites.

Example Video Caption with APA In-Text Citation

In this video People and Plants International emphasizes the importance of the milpa agroforestry system to the food needs of many indigenous and rural communities in Mexico (People and Plants International, 2023).

Example APA Reference List Entry

People and Plants International. (2023, April 25). Traditional Foodways: Tortillas, from the milpa to the table [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyUMunbc074

NOTE: Most web platforms, like this one and your digital exhibit platform, do not provide the ability to add a hanging indent, which is proper form for APA reference list entries. You can try to copy and past a formatted reference list from Word or Google Docs, but that does not always work.

Example Embedded Facebook Post

Following is an example of a hosted, shareable, embedded video on Facebook.  It is a post by the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum, made available (with embed code) on their Facebook page.

Example Video Caption with APA In-Text Citation

This video explains the significance of some of the artwork created by Chicano artist Yolanda López, previously on display at the Cheech Museum in Riverside, California. (Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum, 2025).

Example APA Reference List Entry

Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum. (2025, January 24). CLOSING THIS WEEKEND! Yolanda M. López. Women's Work is Never Done and Yolanda López. Portrait of the Artist! [Video]. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=923360859953583

NOTE: Most web platforms, like this one and your digital exhibit platform, do not provide the ability to add a hanging indent, which is proper form for APA reference list entries. You can try to copy and past a formatted reference list from Word or Google Docs, but that does not always work.

Example Embedded Podcast

Following is an example of a hosted, shareable, embedded streaming audio file. It is an episode from the alt.Latino podcast series on NPR's website. NPR allows other people to freely share these podcast episodes by using embed code on another website or downloading the audio file.

Example Caption with APA In-Text Citation

This Alt.Latino podcast episode discusses the history of Mexican corridos, a form of storytelling set to music (Dadoo & Contreras, 2022).

Example APA Reference List Entry

Dadoo, V. & Contreras, F. (Hosts). 2022, June 26). From the archives: the many faces of 'Regional Mexican' [Audio podcast episode]. In Alt.Latino. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2022/06/23/1107186262/from-the-archives-the-many-faces-of-regional-mexican

NOTE: Most web platforms, like this one and your digital exhibit platform, do not provide the ability to add a hanging indent, which is proper form for APA reference list entries. You can try to copy and past a formatted reference list from Word or Google Docs, but that does not always work.

APA Citation & Attribution

Media Citations