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Area of Science:

  • Digital Health Communication
  • Social Media Analysis
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Insomnia is a common, underdiagnosed sleep disorder, leading individuals to seek health information online.
  • Social media platforms like YouTube are key sources of health information, but content credibility is a concern.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze sleep-health information circulation on YouTube.
  • To examine the relationship between source credibility, network visibility, audience engagement, and diffusion potential.
  • To identify factors influencing the reach of trustworthy sleep-health content.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 98 English-language YouTube videos on sleep health.
  • Application of diffusion of innovations and social cognitive theory.
  • Conceptualization of YouTube as a sociotechnical system.

Main Results:

  • A systematic credibility-influence gap was identified.
  • Content visibility and diffusion were primarily driven by network position, engagement, and algorithmic amplification, not source credibility.
  • Credible sleep-health information faces challenges in achieving broad reach on YouTube.

Conclusions:

  • Platform-mediated systems present a public health challenge for disseminating credible health information.
  • Understanding network and engagement mechanisms is crucial for improving digital health communication strategies.
  • Strategies are needed to increase the visibility of trustworthy sleep-health information to promote healthier lifestyles.