YouTube as a source of information on COVID-19: a pandemic of misinformation?

Paper by Heidi Oi-Yee Li, Adrian Bailey, David Huynh and James Chan. BMJ Global Health. April 24, 2020.

Paper by Heidi Oi-Yee Li, Adrian Bailey, David Huynh and James Chan. BMJ Global Health.

April 24, 2020.

The COVID-19 pandemic is this century’s largest public health emergency and its successful management relies on the effective dissemination of factual information. As a social media platform with billions of daily views, YouTube has tremendous potential to both support and hinder public health efforts. However, the usefulness and accuracy of most viewed YouTube videos on COVID-19 have not been investigated.

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