Youtube as an Information Source During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: Evaluation of the Turkish and English Content
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.05.06.20093468: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement IRB: Since this study is conducted through open data that are accessible to all people, any ethics committee approval was not taken. 2.2. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Those videos which contain scientific and reliable information are coded as useful while the ones which include false information, conspiracy theory or manipulation are coded as misleading and those which share information through new channels are coded as news update. 2.3. Statistical Analysis: After the data was coded in Microsoft Office 365 Excel, it … SciScore for 10.1101/2020.05.06.20093468: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement IRB: Since this study is conducted through open data that are accessible to all people, any ethics committee approval was not taken. 2.2. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Those videos which contain scientific and reliable information are coded as useful while the ones which include false information, conspiracy theory or manipulation are coded as misleading and those which share information through new channels are coded as news update. 2.3. Statistical Analysis: After the data was coded in Microsoft Office 365 Excel, it was transferred to SPSS 24.0 for analyses. SPSSsuggested: (SPSS, RRID:SCR_002865)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:There are some limitations in our study. Since this study was conducted in a specific time period, it can lead to different results if it is conducted in different periods because the content and definitive features of YouTube are subject to change instantly. However, since this study was conducted more than three months after the announcement of the first confirmed case, the videos which were analyzed might relatively have a standard ranking. Although kappa coefficient was used for the measurement of DISCERN and MICI scores, there might be some issues regarding both intra- and inter-observer bias in our study. Lastly, it might be also a limitation that we only included videos in two different languages with five different keywords which led us to evaluate 50 videos for each keyword. YouTube is one of the most common news and information source in today’s world because of its simple access and provision of various contents. However, since there is not a peer-review system on YouTube, except copyright and common complaint issues, people can almost release every type of videos. Consequently, it also becomes a suitable platform for the spread of misinformation and disinformation. News channels are the most-used sources of videos for users. It is very important for the content of videos that are released through these news channels to be accurate because the important messages can be spread among people in society through them. However, the fact that the videos created by interna...
Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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