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One day of eating: Tracing misinformation in ‘What I Eat In A Day’ videos
Journal of Sociology, Vol.59(3), pp.682-698
2023
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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.
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- Title
- One day of eating: Tracing misinformation in ‘What I Eat In A Day’ videos
- Authors
- Justine Topham (Author) - Federation UniversityNaomi Smith (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Publication details
- Journal of Sociology, Vol.59(3), pp.682-698
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd.
- Date published
- 2023
- DOI
- 10.1177/14407833231161369
- ISSN
- 1741-2978; 1440-7833
- Copyright note
- © The Author(s) 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Engage Research Lab; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99716194602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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- Web Of Science research areas
- Sociology