The Video Manipulation Effect (VME): A quantification of the possible impact that the ordering of YouTube videos might have on opinions and voting preferences

Robert Epstein

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0303036

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The Video Manipulation Effect (VME): A quantification of the possible impact that the ordering of YouTube videos might have on opinions and voting preferences

Robert Epstein

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: re@aibrt.org

Affiliation American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, Vista, California, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7484-6282

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The Video Manipulation Effect (VME): A quantification of the possible impact that the ordering of YouTube videos might have on opinions and voting preferences

Robert Epstein

Published: November 20, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0303036

About the Authors

Robert Epstein

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: re@aibrt.org

Affiliation American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, Vista, California, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7484-6282

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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