Analysis of videos about malaria on YouTube: Evaluation of the Turkish and English content Sıtma ile ilgili YouTube videolarının analizi: Türkçe ve İngilizce içeriklerin değerlendirilmesi
Turk Hijyen ve Deneysel Biyoloji Dergisi, cilt.78, sa.4, ss.467-476, 2021 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 78 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2021
- Doi Numarası: 10.5505/turkhijyen.2021.09699
- Dergi Adı: Turk Hijyen ve Deneysel Biyoloji Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.467-476
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Internet, Malaria, Mosquito-borne diseases, Plasmodium, Travel-related infections, Youtube
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objective: Malaria is an important mosquito-borne disease that affects half of the world’s population (mainly in tropical and subtropical countries). The contents of internet videos, though popular sources of public health information, are often unverified and questionable. Methods: In this study, the contents of the most relevantly viewed 150 videos (58 videos in English and 39 videos for Turkish were selected for further analysis) regarding malaria were analyzed on YouTube which is a popular source of health information. Results: All videos had a total of 14 373 885 views, with 281 199 likes, 4810 dislikes, and 24 339 comments. The health information websites (n=38, 39.2%) were the major source of all videos. According to the source, there was a significant difference between Turkish and English videos (p<0.001). Health information websites are dominant sources for English videos (53.4%) and news agencies are dominant sources for Turkish videos (48.7%). 66 videos were classified as useful (68.0%, English (n=54), Turkish (n=12)) and 8 were classified as misleading (8.24%, English (n=2), Turkish (n=6)). The number of views, likes, views/day, and video power index (VPI) in the useful videos were higher than misleading videos. The length was positively correlated with the number of views, dislikes, likes, comments, views/day, and VPI. The DISCERN score of videos was positively correlated with length, the number of views, dislikes, likes, comments, views/day, and VPI. Conclusion: In today’s globalizing world, it is more important to create contents that will provide accurate information about malaria for the people living or traveling in endemic areas on the internet platforms like YouTube