Science communication on YouTube: Factors that affect channel and video popularity

By D. Welbourne, Will J. Grant. Public Understanding of Science, 2016

346 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Communication, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/2b0560a8279ac4a39cf6f572846d26f8eaecc6f4

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• Motivations to seek science videos on YouTube: free-choice learning in a connected society (2018, background): “…31 Nanyang Link #03-48, 637718 Singapore Although characteristics of channels and video content may help explain their popularity (e.g. having a consistent presenter; Welbourne & Grant, 2016), the current study takes an audience-centered perspective to explain the draw of science videos on YouTube.”