Moving Beyond Text: How Teens Evaluate Video-Based High Stakes Health Information via Social Media

This paper qualitatively examines how teenagers in the US evaluate high stakes health information via social media. Through 30 semi-structured interviews with teens ages 13–18, we explore how teens interact with and make decisions about the quality of video-based exercise and nutrition content. Part...

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Published inInformation in Contemporary Society Vol. 11420; pp. 516 - 525
Main Authors Booth, Kayla M., Trauth, Eileen M.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2019
Springer International Publishing
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
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ISBN3030157415
9783030157418
ISSN0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI10.1007/978-3-030-15742-5_49

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Summary:This paper qualitatively examines how teenagers in the US evaluate high stakes health information via social media. Through 30 semi-structured interviews with teens ages 13–18, we explore how teens interact with and make decisions about the quality of video-based exercise and nutrition content. Participants indicated that they are wary of advertisements and language that encourages extreme weight loss, yet prefer video content that is “fun” and engaging. Additionally, participants reported having explicit and implicit criteria for evaluating videos with health content that includes both graphic and content quality.
ISBN:3030157415
9783030157418
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-15742-5_49