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Evaluation of Turkish Videos about Coronavirus on Youtube: An Infodemiology Study

Youtube’daki Koronavirüs ile İlgili Türkçe Videoların Değerlendirilmesi: Bir İnfodemiyoloji Çalışması

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Although there were few Turkish videos with misleading content about the coronavirus, they were viewed millions of times.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Introduction: Videos with informative content about COVID-19 can be useful in controlling the spread of the pandemic.
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Key Findings & Data:Materials and Methods: 1868 Turkish videos about coronavirus on the Youtube website were evaluated.
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Conclusion & Impact:Although there were few Turkish videos with misleading content about the coronavirus, they were viewed millions of times.
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Introduction: Videos with informative content about COVID-19 can be useful in controlling the spread of the pandemic. However, videos containing false information can cause an infodemic, making it difficult to control the infection. In order to deal with the infodemic, it is necessary to detect the misleading videos on Youtube. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the characteristics and contents of Turkish videos about coronavirus on Youtube. Materials and Methods: 1868 Turkish videos about coronavirus on the Youtube website were evaluated. The characteristics of videos such as the name, length, number of views, number of likes and dislikes of the video, number of comments made to the video, date of the video’s release, channel that posted the video, upload source of the video were examined. In addition, total coronavirus information score (CIS) and video power index (VPI) were calculated for each video. Results: The total number of views of 1868 Turkish videos about coronavirus was 160.179.962. Median coronavirus information score of the videos was 1.00 (min-max: 0-6) (out of 6). 74.6% of videos (n= 1394) were informative, 4.1% (n= 77) contain misleading content and these misleading videos have been viewed 14.425.386 times in total. There was no healthcare professional in 48.8% (n= 912) of the videos. Videos about coronavirus without healthcare professionals are shorter in duration, higher in the number of views, and the coronavirus information score is lower (p< 0.001). Conclusion: Turkish videos about coronavirus on Youtube had a high number of views and the majority of them were informative. However, the COVID-19 information content of the videos were very low, and almost half of these health-related videos did not include healthcare professionals. Although there were few Turkish videos with misleading content about the coronavirus, they were viewed millions of times.

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Giriş: COVID-19 ile ilgili bilgilendirici içeriğe sahip videolar pandeminin yayılmasını kontrol etmede fayda sağlayabilir. Ancak yanlış bilgi içeren videolar ise infodemiye sebep olarak infeksiyonun kontrol altına alınmasını zorlaştırabilir. İnfodemiyle baş edilebilmesi için Youtube’daki yanıltıcı videoların saptanması gerekmektedir. Bu çalışmada, Youtube’daki koronavirüs ile ilgili Türkçe videoların özellikleri ve içeriklerinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Materyal ve Metod: Youtube internet sitesindeki koronavirüs ile ilgili 1868 Türkçe video değerlendirilmiştir. Videonun ismi, uzunluğu, izlenme sayısı, beğeni ve beğenmeme sayısı, videoya yapılan yorum sayısı, videonun yayınlandığı tarih, videoyu yayınlayan kanal, videonun yükleme kaynağı gibi özellikler incelenmiştir. Ayrıca her bir video için toplam koronavirüs bilgilendirme puanı (KBP) ve video power indeksi (VPI) hesaplanmıştır. Bulgular: Koronavirüs ile ilgili 1868 Türkçe videonun toplamda izlenme sayısı 160.179.962’dir. Videoların koronavirüs bilgilendirme puanı ortancası 1 (min-max:0-6)’dir (6 puan üzerinden). Videoların %74.6’sı (n= 1394) bilgilendirici özellikte olup, %4.1’i (n= 77) yanıltıcı içeriğe sahiptir ve bu yanıltıcı videolar toplamda 14.425.386 kez izlenmiştir. Videoların %48.8’inde (n= 912) sağlık profesyoneli yoktur. Sağlık çalışanlarının olmadığı koronavirüs ile ilgili videolar süre olarak daha kısa, izlenme sayıları daha yüksek ve koronavirüs bilgilendirme puanı daha düşüktür (p< 0.001). Sonuç: Youtube’daki koronavirüs ile ilgili Türkçe videolar yüksek görüntülenme sayısına sahiptir ve büyük çoğunluğu bilgilendirici niteliktedir. Ancak videoların COVID-19 ile ilgili bilgi içeriği oldukça düşük olup, sağlıkla ilgili bu videoların neredeyse yarısında sağlık profesyoneli yer almamaktadır. Koronavirüs ile ilgili yanıltıcı içeriğe sahip Türkçe videolar az sayıda olsa da bunlar milyonlarca kez izlenmiştir.

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UZUN, S. U., GÖKDENİZ, C. G., EĞİLMEZ, F. N. (2021). Evaluation of Turkish Videos about Coronavirus on Youtube: An Infodemiology Study. Flora İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi, Cilt: 26 - Sayı: 3, 433–445. https://ajindex.com/articles/413754

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