title: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder on YouTube: Framing, Anchoring, and Objectification in Social Media.
abstract: This study investigated videos about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on YouTube in terms of issues, sources, and episodic-thematic aspects. A total of 685 videos uploaded onto YouTube between 2006 and 2014 were content analyzed. Results demonstrated that the top three key issues about ADHD were symptom, child, and treatment. Doctor, patient, and supporter were the three most interviewed sources. Videos from the public sector including the government, company representative, and public organizations were relatively rare compared to other sources suggesting the potential for a greater role for the government and public sector contributions to YouTube to provide credible information relevant to public awareness, campaigns, and policy announcements. Meanwhile, many personal videos in the episodic frame advocated social solutions. This result implies that YouTube videos about health information from the private sectors have the potential to affect change at the social level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX, 78249-0643, USA. seok.kang@utsa.edu.
authors.forename: Seok
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Communication Department, University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza, MS UHB 3010, Springfield, IL, 62703, USA.
authors.forename: Jae-Sik
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX, 78249-0643, USA.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Velasco
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; D054626:Consumer Health Information; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D020407:Internet; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector; D061108:Social Media
keywords: ADHD; Episodic aspects; Information framing; Thematic aspects; YouTube