Misleading claims about tobacco products in YouTube videos: Experimental effects of misinformation on unhealthy attitudes

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2018, Pages

  Albarracin, Dolores ^a   Romer, Daniel ^b   Jones, Christopher ^b   Jamieson, Kathleen Hall ^b   Jamieson, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communication; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS; ATTITUDE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; SOCIAL MEDIA; TOBACCO; TRENDS; VIDEORECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO SMOKING; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85065931228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/JMIR.9959     Document Type: Article

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