A new study from researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital has identified an alarming amount of medical misinformation in videos about sleep disorders on YouTube. The researchers found that …
As many people search the web for tips on how to get a good night’s sleep and how to manage insomnia, be wary of Dr. YouTube.
A new study from researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital has identified an alarming amount of medical misinformation in videos about sleep disorders on YouTube. The researchers found that “popular” videos created by bloggers garnered significantly more views than expert-led videos. Also, the popular videos contained misinformation, while promoting products and services.
“People today often want very bite-sized pieces of information. However, science is fundamentally more nuanced than a one-liner or the 280 characters in a Twitter post,” added Robbins, who’s also an instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School.To conduct the study, the team searched YouTube using key terms such as “insomnia” and “sleep tips” to identify popular YouTube videos on sleep health. They then sorted videos by views and labeled those with the highest number of views as “popular.
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