YouTube as a source of medical information on the novel coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) pandemic

Autor: Ryan S D'Souza, Alexandra Anderson, Shawn D'Souza, Natalie Strand, Oludare O Olatoye, Matthew N.P. Vogt
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Global Public Health
ISSN: 1744-1706
Popis: Media coverage on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been extensive, yet large gaps remain in our understanding of the role of social media platforms during worldwide health crisis. The purpose of this study was to assess the most viewed YouTube videos on COVID-19 for medical content. We coded video characteristics, source, and medical content of the 113 most-widely viewed videos about COVID-19. Seventy-nine (69.9%) videos were classified as useful, and 10 (8.8%) videos were classified as misleading. Independent users were more likely to post misleading videos than useful videos (60.0% vs 21.5%
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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