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

Oi‐Yee Li, Heidi; Bailey, Adrian; Huynh, David; Chan, James

doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002604

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

Published in BMJ Global Health • May 1, 2020

Authors:

Heidi Oi‐Yee Li

Adrian Bailey

David Huynh

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: 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 publi...

Subject

Misinformation

Social media

Pandemic

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