Title

Why is YouTube Broadcasting Climate Misinformation to Millions?

Summary

This paper examines YouTube’s role in spreading misinformation about climate change despite its stated intentions to fight misinformation through its recommendation algorithms. It investigates how YouTube’s recommendation system promotes climate misinformation videos to millions of users, ultimately shaping public opinion and comprehension of climate change. Furthermore, the report critiques YouTube’s monetization approach, which encourages the creation of misinformation by sharing advertising revenue with video creators.

 

 

َAuthor

Avaaz Report

Year

2020

َThematic Area

Communication Studies

Topic

Fake information and Social media

Country

Global

Region

Global

Misinformation Combatting

Misinformation Diffusion

Place Published

Publisher

Journal

DOI

URL

APA 7th End Text Citation

Avaaz Report. (2020). Why is YouTube Broadcasting Climate Misinformation to Millions? https://avaazimages.avaaz.org/youtube_climate_misinformation_report.pdf