Coverage of the Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic on YouTube.

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Abstract

The recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in 2014-2015 has been the largest and longest lasting to date. Media coverage about the outbreak has been extensive, but there are large gaps in our understanding of the ways in which widely accessed social media sites are used during times of public health crisis. The purpose of this study was to analyze widely viewed videos about EVD on the YouTube video-sharing site.

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Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Disaster Med Public Health Prep

Title: Disaster medicine and public health preparedness

Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)

ISSN (Electronic): 1938-744X

ISSN (Print): 1935-7893

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2015

Volume: 9

Issue: 5

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[1 ] 1Department of Public Health,William Paterson University,Wayne,New Jersey.

[2 ] 2Department of Health and Behavior Studies,Teachers College,Columbia University,New York,New York.

[3 ] 3Department of Population Health,New York University School of Medicine,New York,New York.

[4 ] 4Montclair State University,Montclair,New Jersey.

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Publisher Item ID: S1935789315000774

DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2015.77

PubMed ID: 26088275

SO-VID: 1abdaa3f-566c-4a11-86fc-bd252bb7bffd

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Keywords: social media,communication,YouTube,Ebola

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Keywords: social media, communication, YouTube, Ebola

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