YouTube as source of information on 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak: a cross sectional study of English and Mandarin content.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The current 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak is rapidly evolving. YouTube has been recognized as a popular source of information in previous disease outbreaks. We analyzed the content on YouTube about n-CoV in English and Mandarin languages.

Methods

YouTube was searched using the terms '2019 novel coronavirus', 'Wuhan virus' and '' (Mandarin for Wuhan virus) on 1st and 2nd February 2020. First 50 videos in each group were analyzed. Videos in other languages, duplicate videos, those without an audio and duration >15 min were excluded .72 videos in English and 42 in Mandarin were reviewed. 2 reviewers classified the videos as useful, misleading or news based on pre specified criterion. Inter-observer agreement was evaluated with kappa coefficient. Modified DISCERN in

SUBMITTER: Khatri P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7118680 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May - Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature