- Title
- One day of eating : tracing misinformation in ‘What I Eat In A Day’ videos
- Creator
- Topham, Justine; Smith, Naomi
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/198029
- Identifier
- vital:18991
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1177/14407833231161369
- Identifier
- ISSN:1440-7833 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- This article traces how misinformation occurs and is negotiated in What I Eat In A Day (WIEIAD) videos. Data were collected from 84 WIEIAD videos across 59 YouTube accounts. Our discourse analysis demonstrated that misinformation is presented in ways that invoke expertise, scientific credibility and personal experience, making it more difficult to identify and respond to. Our analysis illustrates how misinformation arises in seemingly mundane sites of discourse and argues that identifying and responding to misinformation is not a binary task. The WIEIAD genre demonstrates the complexity of contemporary wellness discourses and their broader role in health and risk management, which results in the (re)circulation of misinformation. The tension between the sensory and the rational in WIEIAD videos highlights the complexities present in how misinformation, wellness and health are entangled on social media. © The Author(s) 2023.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Relation
- Journal of Sociology Vol. 59, no. 3 (2023), p. 682-698
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © The Author(s) 2023
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 44 Human society; Bodies; Food; Misinformation; Wellness; YouTube
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