Exploring YouTube's Recommendation System in the Context of COVID-19 Vaccines: Computational and Comparative Analysis of Video Trajectories.

Yee Man Margaret Ng Katherine Hoffmann Pham Miguel Á Luengo-Oroz

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2023)

Our findings suggest that the common perception that YouTube's recommendation system acts as a "rabbit hole" may be inaccurate and that YouTube may instead be following a "blockbuster" strategy that attempts to engage users by promoting other content that has been reliably successful across the platform.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
depressive symptoms
high throughput
respiratory syndrome coronavirus