YouTube as a Source of Information on Immunization: A Content Analysis
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- 5 December 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 298 (21) , 2481-2484
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.298.21.2482
Abstract
To the Editor: Health care professionals have expressed concerns about the quality and veracity of information individuals receive from Internet-based sources.1 One area of controversy is the use of Internet sites to communicate information on immunization.2 YouTube is a video-sharing Internet Web site created in 2005 that provides free video streaming. It allows users to share multimedia clips that contain information related to the risks and benefits of immunization. To our knowledge, no studies have examined the content of these videos. We conducted a descriptive study to characterize the available information about immunization on YouTube.Keywords
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