A Content Analysis of YouTube™ Videos Related to Prostate Cancer.
In the United States, prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer in men after skin cancer. There is a paucity of research devoted to the types of prostate cancer information available on social media outlets. YouTube™ is a widely used video sharing website, which is emerging as commonplace for information related to health. The purpose of this study was to describe the most widely viewed YouTube™ videos related to prostate cancer. The 100 videos were watched a total of 50,278,770 times. The majority of videos were uploaded by consumers (45.0%) and medical or government professionals (30%). The purpose of most videos (78.0%) was to provide information, followed by discussions of prostate cancer treatment (51%) and prostate-specific antigen testing and routine screening (26%). All videos uploaded by medical and government professionals and 93.8% of videos uploaded by news sources provided information compared with about two thirds of consumer and less than one half of commercial and advertisement videos ( p < .001). As society becomes increasingly technology-based, there is a need to help consumers acquire knowledge and skills to identify credible information to help inform their decisions.
1 William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, USA.
Corey H
CH
Basch
1 William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, USA.
Anthony
A
Menafro
2 Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Jennifer
J
Mongiovi
2 Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Grace Clarke
GC
Hillyer
2 Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Charles E
CE
Basch
PSA; YouTube™; prostate cancer; social media
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