Is content really king? An objective analysis of the public's response to medical videos on YouTube

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Desai, Tejas ^a   Shariff, Afreen ^b   Dhingra, Vibhu ^b   Minhas, Deeba ^b   Eure, Megan ^c   Kats, Mark ^d  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northeast Georgia Diagnostic Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTENT VALIDITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL NETWORK; VIDEORECORDING;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; SOCIAL MEDIA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84893192194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082469     Document Type: Article

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