Evaluation of the quality and the content of YouTube videos in Turkish on protection from coronavirus

Year 2022, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 301 - 305, 17.01.2022

Mustafa Alparslan Babayiğit

https://doi.org/10.32322/jhsm.1021618

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the videos in Turkish on protection from coronavirus published on YouTube in terms of general quality and content.
Material and Method: Search on YouTube website "coronavirus; protection "in line with the keyword" all the time, Turkey and the Turkish language "was held. Among the first 100 results, 63 non-repetitive and completely ad-free videos with a duration of 1-40 minutes were included in the study. The person or institution who provided the information for each video, the video length, the number of views, the number of likes and dislikes were recorded. The Global Quality Scale (GQS) was used to determine the overall quality of the videos. In addition, a scoring system was created and examined whether the information regarding the 14 rules determined by the Turkish Ministry of Health to protect the public from coronavirus was found or not in the published videos.
Results: While 50.8% (n=32) of the videos analyzed in this study were personal sharing videos for educational and informative purposes, 31.8% (n=20) of them were TV health /news programs. While 71.2% of those who provided information in the videos were medical doctors, 26.9% were out of health. When the general quality of the videos is evaluated according to the GQS scale; It was determined that 39.7% (n=25) of them were of medium quality, and 30.2% (n=19) of them were of good quality.
Conclusion: As a result of our study, it was determined that the videos that contain at least five rules and have practical application content are of better quality. In pandemic periods when preventive measures are superior to treatment, effective use of social media platforms should be ensured to raise society's awareness.

Keywords

Coronavirus, Prevention, YouTube

Project Number

YOK

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