Perceptions of YouTube's political influence

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2012.07745v1
• Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 19:04:08 GMT
• Title: Perceptions of YouTube's political influence
• Authors: Yury Kolotaev and Konrad Kollnig
• Abstract summary: We surveyed 124 people about their views and experiences around YouTube's political influence. Results revealed diverse, sometimes conflicting views on YouTube's growing political role. Highlights the need for more research, discussion and possibly regulation.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: YouTube plays an ever more important role as a political medium. Yet, the implications are to-date not well understood and difficult to analyse, since access to YouTube's statistics is limited. To address this gap, we surveyed 124 people about their views and experiences around YouTube's political influence. Our results revealed diverse, sometimes conflicting views on YouTube's growing political role, and highlight the need for more research, discussion and possibly regulation.

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