Short-Form Medical Media: A Multi-Platform Analysis of Acne Treatment Information in TikTok Videos, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts

Christopher J Thang; David Garate; Joseph Thang; Jules B Lipoff; John S Barbieri

doi:10.2196/48140

Short-Form Medical Media: A Multi-Platform Analysis of Acne Treatment Information in TikTok Videos, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts

JMIR Dermatol. 2023 Aug 9:6:e48140. doi: 10.2196/48140.

Authors

Christopher J Thang¹, David Garate¹, Joseph Thang², Jules B Lipoff³, John S Barbieri⁴

Affiliations

¹ John Sealy School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States.
² Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.
³ Department of Dermatology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
⁴ Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.

PMID: 37624704
PMCID: PMC10448278
DOI: 10.2196/48140

No abstract available

Keywords: Instagram; Instagram Reels; TikTok; YouTube; YouTube Shorts; acne; acne treatment; dermatologist; dermatology; general dermatology; health information; medical dermatology; online information; patient education; skin; social media; video.